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Four double strokes followed by an accented note.

It can also be played Open or Closed (as with most rudiments that contain double strokes). To play open, use double strokes. To play closed, replace any double strokes with buzzes.

Please visit my Drum Roll Guide for more information on drum rolls.

This rudiment was originally one of the Standard 26 American Drum Rudiments published by NARD.

Please choose another PAS Rudiment below:

Single Stroke Roll Rudiments

1. Single Stroke Roll
2. Single Stroke Four
3. Single Stroke Seven

Multiple Bounce Roll Rudiments

4. Buzz Roll
5. Triple Stroke Roll

Double Stroke Roll Rudiments

6. Double Stroke Roll
7. Five Stroke Roll
8. Six Stroke Roll
9. Seven Stroke Roll
10. Nine Stroke Roll
11. Ten Stroke Roll
12. Eleven Stroke Roll
13. Thirteen Stroke Roll
14. Fifteen Stroke Roll
15. Seventeen Stroke Roll

Paradiddle Rudiments

16. Single Paradiddle
17. Double Paradiddle
18. Triple Paradiddle
19. Paradiddle-diddle

Flam Rudiments

20. Flam
21. Flam Accent
22. Flam Tap
23. Flamacue
24. Flam Paradiddle
25. Single Flammed Mill
26. Flam Paradiddle-diddle
27. Pataflafla
28. Swiss Army Triplet
29. Inverted Flam Tap
30. Flam Drag

Drag Rudiments

31. Drag
32. Single Drag Tap
33. Double Drag Tap
34. Lesson 25
35. Single Dragadiddle
36. Drag Paradiddle 1
37. Drag Paradiddle 2
38. Single Ratamacue
39. Double Ratamacue
40. Triple Ratamacue