Roll rudiments

Roll rudiments

[Eng.]

A group of fifteen drum rudiments that are based on the roll (the method of sustaining sound on a percussion instrument). This group is broken into three distinct types of roll, the single stroke rudiments, the multiple bounce rudiments and the double stroke open roll rudiments. Below is a table of the basic roll rudiments.

Roll Rudiments

A - Single Stroke Rudiments
1. 2. 3.	Single Stroke Roll † Single Stroke Four Single Stroke Seven
B - Multiple Bounce Roll Rudiments
4. 5.	Multiple Bounce Roll (Long Roll) † Triple Stroke Roll
C - Double Stroke Open Roll Rudiments
6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.	Double Stroke Open Roll Five Stroke Roll † Six Stroke Roll Seven Stroke Roll † Nine Stroke Roll † Ten Stroke Roll † Eleven Stroke Roll † Thirteen Stroke Roll † Fifteen Stroke Roll † Seventeen Stroke Roll

† - One of the original NARD 26 Rudiments.