[snare drum] Hello, my name’s Daan, and I’m one half of the group
Rudimental Drummers. We’ve been ambassadors for MuseScore
for about two years now. Last year, MuseScore created the poster
called Essential Rudiments, which is a notated list
of various percussion techniques that became quite popular, so we decided to create a quick video showing you what each
of these percussion techniques are and how they should be performed. By the way, MuseScore is giving away a limited amount
of printed copies of this poster. You’ll find more information about this
in the description below.
And for those who missed out, you can still download the poster
from musescore.com. So, let’s get started
by looking at the first technique which is called singles. This may seem like an easy exercise
at first sight, but it’s the perfect exercise to focus on
the most fundamental skill of drumming. The way you move your stick
to hit the drum. Focus on getting a very natural resonance
of the stick and drum.
Play everything relaxed and legato. The second rudiment
is called the paradiddle, which consists of two alternating strokes
and two strokes with the same hand, also known as a diddle. The third rudiment,
which is the paradiddle-diddle, is a variation of the paradiddle. You just play an extra diddle
at the end of the paradiddle, like its name. A flam is a little musical ornament
which can be used to stress a note or to give a certain note
a little more body. For the next rudiment, the flam accent, try to maintain an even pressure
throughout the hand. This will help you
to play the flam accents very smooth. Don’t squeeze your sticks
to play the accent or the flam, because that will abolish your open,
warm and dark sound. The next flam variation on the poster
is the flam tap. In this exercise, we start with the right-hand triple-stroke
for one bar.
And bar by bar,
we end the left-hand strokes, stroke for stroke. The next exercise
is exactly the inverted version of the previous exercise. That means that now you have to make sure
that you play a crescendo and not a decrescendo. Let’s move on to the next rudiment:
the duple rolls. Just like any rudiment so far,
keep every motion relaxed and do not squeeze your sticks
to play the diddles. The triplet tolls are almost similar
to the duple rolls when it comes to technique. The only difference is
that you have to think in triplets instead of eight notes. The next roll rudiment is the tap roll. It’s almost similar to the triplet roll but now you play an accent
on the first partial of the triplet and the roll starts on the second partial
of the triplet. In the last rudiment for today,
the Book Reports, all the techniques we just discussed
come together. The skeleton of this rudiment
is the paradiddle. Then, on the first and the last partial
of the paradiddle, a diddle is added. And, on the third partial,
there is a flam. Okay, that’s it! If you’d like us to come back
in the future to demonstrate more percussion stuff
like this, let us know in the comments.
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more community contributions like this one,
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about our group, Rudimental Drummers, you can find links to our work
in the description below. Also, you can find links
to the new RD Pads we are developing. Thanks so much for watching
and take care!.