Drum Rudiments - Rudiment, Drum Roll, Gravity Roll (Paperback)

Chapters: Rudiment, Drum Roll, Gravity Roll. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: A rudiment is one of the basic patterns used in rudimental drumming. These patterns form the basic building blocks or "vocabulary" of drumming, and can be combined in a great variety of ways to create drumming music. There have been many attempts to formalize a standard list of snare drum rudiments. The National Association of Rudimental Drummers (NARD), an organization established to promote rudimental drumming, put forward a list of 13 "essential" rudiments, and later a second set of thirteen to form the original 26. Finally, the Percussive Arts Society (PAS) reorganized the first 26 and added another 14 to form the current 40 International Drum Rudiments. Currently the International Association of Traditional Drummers (IATD) is working to once again promote the original 26 rudiments. The origin of snare rudiments can be traced back to Swiss mercenaries armed with long polearms. The use of long pike in close "hedgehog" or phalanx formation required a great deal of coordination, and the sound of the tabor, which cut through and could be heard above the battlefield noise, was used to set the tempo and communicate commands to pikers. Short sustain sound produced by tabor drum allowed to produce easily distinguished patterns which were used to convey different formation commands. These drumming patterns-commands became the basis of the snare drum rudiments. The first written rudiment goes back to the year 1610 in Basel, Switzerland. The cradle of rudimental drumming is said to be France, where in the 17th and 18th centuries professional drummers became part of the King's honour guard. The craft was perfected during the reign of Napoleon I. The march Le Rigodon and its d...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=129603