Why you need to learn more Double Drags
How many double drag beatings do you know? How much do you know about double drag beatings? If you re-enact or portray an 18th or 19th century British and/or American…
The Long March: The Perfect Rev War Cadence?
At American Rev War events, the most common marching cadence is The Long March as seen in Ashworth (1812). This tradition might have started after the beating was included in…
Roll Skeletons and Why You Should Understand Them
Even though rolls seem to be just quick, alternating double strokes, they have underlying rhythm. If you want to develop your rolls and gain more control over your musical knowledge,…
The Rolls in Reveille: Where Do the Long Rolls After The Dutch Come From?
By the American Civil War, we see a fairly fixed sequence of tunes for the American Reveille. To transition from one tune to the next, manuals instruct the drummer to…
The Alarm: A Long Roll or To Arms?
For a long time, Revolutionary War re-enactors have assumed that the Long Roll was used as a signal to ‘sound the Alarm’. This assumption is referenced in multiple drum manuals…
Double Strokes & Rhythm Exercise: Control your Triplets
In this post, I want to focus on some practice tips for two things many drummers don’t often put together: Double Strokes and Triplets These exercises will challenge your sticking…
High Hand or Grace Note: How Do You Name a Flam?
When you play a flam, both sticks strike the drum at nearly the same time. One stick will always be the high stick and the other the low stick, or…