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The Rudiment Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Glossary and A to Z:
This Rudiment Encyclopedia is a constant work in progress. I am gradually working through all the rudiments I know and I hope this will eventually become a free online guide to every known rudimental pattern ever!
In order to help you in learning and perfecting these rudiments, I have included easy to read examples, performance tips, free PDF sheet music and video tutorials.
If you know of a rudiment that is not listed in this encyclopedia, please contact me and help me to keep this educational resource complete.
A | B | C | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A
- Alternated Cheese Pataflafla
- Alternated Pataflafla
- Alternated Pattyacue
- Alternating One Handed Tap Drag
- Alternating Pattys
- Alternating Single Stroke Five
- Alternating Single Stroke Five (with Upbeat Accents)
- Alternating Single Stroke Four
- Alternating Single Stroke Nine
- Alternating Single Stroke Seven
- Alternating Single Stroke Six
- Alternating Single Stroke Three
- Alternating Swiss Army Triplet
B
- Beater Paradiddle
- Berger Lesson 25
- Blurz
- Book Mark
- Book Report
- Book Report (with Extra Credit)
- Brille Stroke
- Buzz Roll
C
- Casey Claw
- Change Ups
- Chatachichi
- Cheese
- Cheese Accent
- Cheese Back Flip
- Cheese Berger
- Cheese Chain
- Cheese Chutichuhs
- Cheese Chutra-Cheese
- Cheese Double Paradiddle
- Cheese Drags
- Cheese Flama Chuck
- Cheese Flama Chucka Diddle
- Cheese Flamacue Swiss
- Cheese Fubars
- Cheese Inverted Threes
- Cheese Paradiddle
- Cheese Paradiddle-diddle
- Cheese Paradiddle-diddle-a
- Cheese Pataflafla
- Cheese Roll
- Cheese Triple Paradiddle
- Cheese Triplet Pataflafla
- Cheese-Ka
- Cheesea Flamacue-Diddle
- Cheeseacue
- Cheeseacue Drag
- Cheeseacue Five
- Cheeseacue-Diddle
- Cheeseafladdle
- Cheesecha
- Cheesy Pancakes
- Chinese Fives
- Choo Choo
- Chuck Cheese
- Chumbly Bumkinsteen
- Churruckitahs
- Chut-Cheese
- Chutichuhs
- Chutra-Cheese
- Chutuddas
D
- Deviled Eggs
- Didda-let
- Diddle Egg Five
- Diddle Herta
- Diddle-Flafla
- Displaced Flamacue
- Doctor Rion
- Doctoral Thesis
- Double Accented Single Flam Drag
- Double Drag Tap
- Double Flam Drag
- Double Flam-Flam Paradiddle
- Double Flamacue
- Double Flammed Mill
- Double Flammed Swiss Army Triplet
- Double Paradiddle
- Double Paradiddle Flamacue
- Double Ratamacue
- Double Ratamaflam
- Double Stroke Roll
- Drag
- Drag Paradiddle 1
- Drag Paradiddle 2
- Drag Patty
- Dragalet
- Dragateenth
E
F
- Fifteen Stroke Roll
- Five Stroke Herta
- Five Stroke Paradiddle
- Five Stroke Paradiddle Herta
- Five Stroke Roll
- Five Stroke Ruff
- Flaflam Drag
- Flam
- Flam Accent
- Flam Accent 2
- Flam Accent Drag
- Flam Accent Roll
- Flam Beaters
- Flam Beats
- Flam Change Ups
- Flam Cheese Paradiddle
- Flam Double Paradiddle
- Flam Drag
- Flam Drag Double Paradiddle
- Flam Drag Flafla
- Flam Drag Paradiddle
- Flam Five
- Flam Five Flafla
- Flam Five Paradiddle
- Flam Five Patty
- Flam Flamalet
- Flam Hertas
- Flam Invention 1
- Flam Paradiddle
- Flam Paradiddle (variations)
- Flam Paradiddle Five
- Flam Paradiddle-diddle
- Flam Paradiddle-diddle-a
- Flam Roll
- Flam Stutters
- Flam Tap
- Flam Tap Paradiddle
- Flam Triple Paradiddle
- Flam Triple Stroke Roll
- Flam Upbeat Five
- Flam-Flam
- Flam-Flam Flamadiddle
- Flam-Flam Tap
- Flam-Four Flams
- Flama Chuck
- Flama Chucka Diddle
- Flama Diddle Diddle
- Flama Flamacue-Diddle
- Flama Swiss Army Triplet
- Flama-Flama-Flam Flam
- Flama-Flama-Flam Tap
- Flamacue
- Flamacue a cue
- Flamacue a Diddle
- Flamacue a Flafla
- Flamacue Drag
- Flamacue Five
- Flamacue Swiss
- Flamacue-Diddle
- Flamadiddle Flam-Flam
- Flamalet
- Flamdiddle
- Flamill Drags
- Flammed 3-2-1
- Flammed Double Mill
- Flammed Doubles
- Flammed Ravioli
- Flammed Single Ratamacue
- Flammed Triplets
- Flamtaplets
- Flamtas
- Flatarapa
- Flow Five
- Four Flam-Flam-Flamadiddle
- Four Note Swiss Army Triplet
- Four Stroke Flamaruff
- Four Stroke Roll
- Four Stroke Ruff
- Four Stroke Ruff Double Ratamacue
- Four Stroke Ruff Paradiddle
- Four Stroke Ruff Single Ratamacue
- Four Stroke Ruff Triple Ratamacue
- Four Stroke Ruffadiddle-diddle
- French Flams
- Fubars
- Fubars Fives
- Fufives
G
H
I
- Invert Cheese Patty
- Invert Flam Fours
- Invert Patty
- Inverted Cheese
- Inverted Cheese Flam Tap
- Inverted Cheese Flama Chuck
- Inverted Cheese Paradiddle-diddle
- Inverted Flam Drag
- Inverted Flam Tap
- Inverted Flama Chuck
- Inverted Flama-Singles
- Inverted Inverts
- Inverted Paradiddle
- Inverted Paradiddle Patty
- Inverted Threes
- Irish Five
J
- No rudiments begin with J so far...
K
L
M
N
O
P
- Para Flam-Flam
- Para Flamadiddle
- Para-pa-diddle
- Parabuzzle
- Paradiddle (with Cheese on Four)
- Paradiddle Five
- Paradiddle Herta
- Paradiddle-diddle
- Paradiddle-diddle-a
- Paradiddle-diddle-diddle
- Paradiddle-Flafla
- Parafladdle
- Pataflafla
- Patty Five
- Patty Flam Tap
- Patty Flamacue Five
- Patty Invert
- Patty Seven
- Patty Six
- Pattya Diddle
- Pattya Flam Tap
- Pattya Invert
- Pattyacue
- Plutnduh
- Poly Flam Drag
Q
- No rudiments begin with Q so far...
R
- Ratama Swiss Cheese
- Ratamaflam
- Ratamaswiss
- Ravioli
- Reverse Double Paradiddle
- Reverse Five
- Reverse Paradiddle
- Reverse Paradiddle-diddle
- Reverse Paradiddle-Flafla
- Ripits
- Rudy-Mental
S
- Same Hand Flam Accent
- Same Hand Flam-Flam
- Same Hand Paradiddle
- Seinfeld
- Seven Stroke Roll
- Seven Stroke Ruff
- Seventeen Stroke Roll
- Shirley Murphy
- Side Flamadiddle
- Single Backs
- Single Drag Tap
- Single Dragadiddle
- Single Flam Drag
- Single Flammed Mill
- Single Paradiddle
- Single Ratamacue
- Single Stroke Five
- Single Stroke Five (with Upbeat Accents)
- Single Stroke Flam Five
- Single Stroke Four
- Single Stroke Nine
- Single Stroke Roll
- Single Stroke Seven
- Single Stroke Six
- Single Stroke Three
- Six Stroke Roll
- Six Stroke Ruff
- Slevens
- Swiss Army Triplet
- Swiss Cheese
- Swiss Grinders
- Swiss Tu-Chada
- Swissacue
- Swissadiddle
T
- Tapadiddle
- Ten Stroke Roll
- Thirteen Stroke Roll
- Three Stroke Ruff
- Three Stroke Ruffadiddle-diddle
- Threesomes
- Tri-Flam
- Tri-Octaddiddle
- Triple Flam-Flam Paradiddle
- Triple Flammed Swiss Army Triplets
- Triple Herta
- Triple Paradiddle
- Triple Ratamacue
- Triple Ratamaflam
- Triple Stroke Roll
- Triple-acue
- Triplet Pataflafla
- Tu-Cha-Chada
- Tu-Chada
- Tu-Charles
- Tu-Cheese
U
V
W
X
- No rudiments begin with X so far...
Y
- No rudiments begin with Y so far...
Z
- No rudiments begin with Z so far...
Total Rudiments: 313
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