single dragadiddle

A drum rudiment based on the drag (or ruff). This rudiment  consists of two thirty-second note strokes with one hand followed by three sixteenth note strokes, first with the alternating hand and second two strokes with the original hand. The first stroke in the pattern is accented. This pattern is repeated alternating the hands. The sticking pattern shown below is the accepted method of performing a single dragadiddle. The sticking patterns are written where "L" represents the left hand stroke and "R" the right hand stroke.