Drums/Percussion Grade 1: Rudiments

What you'll learn

1. 1

   Imagine tapping a drum 🥁 with one stick — tap, tap, tap. Now try tapping with both sticks one after the other like a runner’s feet!

2. 2

   How many sticks do you use to play a drum rudiment? 🥁

3. 3

   Tap the drum in a pattern: left, right, left, right — like walking! 🚶

4. 4

   Let's do a rudiment called 'single stroke roll' — just left, right, left, right, over and over. 🥁

5. 5

   What comes after 'left' in a single stroke roll? 🥁

6. 6

   Now try a double stroke roll — tap twice with left, then twice with right. Tap along! 🥁

7. 7

   How many taps with each hand in a double stroke roll? 🥁