Ask an Expert: Archive Q: Is there a methodology for the sequence of the International Rudiments? If yes, what is it? Is there research available on the topic? A: When teaching the rudiments, there are several schools of thought that I am aware of. Depending on the type of student (drumset focus vs. marching percussion focus, for example) and the teacher, appropriate choices in method and approach are selected. I have seen varied approaches that have been equally successful. Personally, I teach by stroke types and introduce the rudiments appropriate to each category. I teach in the stroke types in the following sequence: 1. Single Strokes I have a sequence that I follow for the rudiments (the number in parentheses refers to the rudiment numbers in the PAS 40) within the stroke types and that order is: 1. Single Stroke Roll Rudiments (1-3) 2. Diddle Rudiments (16-19) 3. Multiple Bounce (4) 4. Double Stroke Open Roll (6, 7, 9, 10) 5. Double Stroke Open Roll (11-15) 6. Flam and Drag Rudiments (20, 31-33) 7. Drag and Roll Rudiments (34, 8, 38-40) 8. Drag Rudiments (35-37) 9. Flam Rudiments (21, 23, 28) 10. Triple Stroke Roll and Flam Rudiments (5, 22) 11. Flam Rudiments (24, 25, 27) 12. Flam Rudiments (29, 30, 26) I have found this sequence and grouping of the rudiments progresses smoothly and is moves easiest to hardest for the majority of my students. Matt Savage’s book, Savage Rudimental Workshop, (Warner Bros) has some suggested teaching orders based on “Frequency of Use”, “Difficulty”, and his “Top 20 Teaching Order” (page 14-15). I strongly recommend Matt’s book for this information, as well as for the great exercises and solos for each rudiment. Hope this helps… Jeff Moore |
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