roll rudiments

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