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Drum Rudiments & Their History
History of the Double Stroke Roll
When Did Drummers Start Rolling?
Performing the Double Stroke Roll
Understanding Roll Rhythms
The Ruffle
Ra Simple – French 4-Stroke Roll
5-Stroke Roll
7-Stroke Roll
9-Stroke Roll
Flam Rudiments
Coup de Charge – Charge Stroke
Flagada – Le Coup de 3
Flam Accents – Patafla
Flamacue
Flam Tap / Inverted Flam Tap
Pataflafla
Single Flammed Mill
Swiss Army Triplet
Drag Rudiments
Double & Single Drag
Flam Drags
Full Drag
Lesson 25
Ratamacues
Paradiddle Rudiments
Double Paradiddle
Drag Paradiddle No. 1
Drag Paradiddle No. 2
Flam Paradiddle
Flam Paradiddle-diddle
Ra Détaillé
Single Paradiddle
Treble Paradiddle
Virtuosic Rudiments
Bâton Méle
French Sauté Rudiments
Stick Clicks
18th C British & American Drumming
The American Reveille: A British Origin?
The Three Camps Reveille
The Dutch Reveille
The Hessian Reveille
The Austrian Reveille
The Scotch Reveille
The Origin of the English / American Reveille Sequence
What is a Compound Drag?
The Major Duty Calls: “The Troop”
The Troop, or Assembly
The Troop – Forming the Guards
Trooping the Colors
Short Troops
Summarizing The Troop
The Major Duty Calls: “The Retreat”
The Retreat: The Fife Music
The Major Duty Calls: “The Tattoo”
The Tattoo: Drum Beating
The Tattoo: Fife Music
The Tattoo Sequence
The Major Duty Calls: “The English March”
Rhythm of the English March
Rudiments of The English March
Fife Music of the English March
Performing the English March
The Major Duty Calls: “The Three Cheers”
The Flam: To Commence all Beatings
The Signal Strokes
The Three Rolls / Cheers / Chords
The Camp Taps: Drummer’s Call and Reveille
Summary: Commencing Beatings
Drummer’s Call
Drummer’s Call: The Drum Beating
Drummer’s Call: The Fife Music
Virtuosic British Drumming
Creating a Fancy Short Troop
18th C. French Drumming
Performing French Duty Calls
La Générale: Learn the French ‘To Arms’
L’Assemblée: Learn the French Assembly
L’Appel: Learn the French Parley
Le Drapeau: Learn to French ‘To the Colors’
Aux Champs: Learn the French Cadence
La Charge
La Retraite: Learn the French Retreat
La Prièr
La Fasçine: Learn to Play the French Work Call
Le Ban
L’Ordre
L’Enterrement
La Diane: Learn the French Reveille – Single Drag
La Diane: Learn the French Reveille – Double Drag
La Rappel aux Tambour
La Pas Accéléré
Performing Philidor’s Drum Beatings
2/2 Beatings in Philidor
3/4 Beatings in Philidor
3/8 Beatings in Philidor
6/4 Beatings in Philidor
La Petite Marsche
Using the Roll in Marches
Virtuosic French Drumming
Le Rigodon d’Honneur
Variations: Sauté Rudiments
Variations: Coup Anglais
18th C Prussian Drumming
Locken – The Call / ‘Signal Strokes’
Prussian Reveille / Wecken
General Marsch – Prussian General
Rast
Vergatterung – Prussian Assembly
Fahnen Troop – Prussian Flag March
Arbeit – Prussian Fatigue March
Fligel Grenadier March – Prussian Charge?
Zapfenstreich – Prussian Tattoo
Schaar Wacht – Prussian
Musquetier March – Prussian Foot March
Grenadier March – Prussian Grenadier March
Prussian Religious Services
Todten Marsch – Prussian Funeral March
Feuer Alarm – Prussian Fire Alarm
Prussian Drummer’s Call
Das 4 Uhr Stuck – Prussian
Drum Practice Guides
Authentic Right-Hand Grip
Flam Practice – Sticking Control Guide
Ra Simple Practice Guide
5-Stroke Roll Practice Guide
7-Stroke Roll Practice Guide
9-Stroke Roll Practice Guide
Double Stroke Roll Advanced Practice Guide
Double Stroke Roll Beginner Practice Guide
Performing the Three Camps, or Points of War
Double Drag Practice Guide
Tempo in Historic Music
Why did armies march so slow?
Performing Common Time
Performing Triple Time
How do you improve your tempo?
History of the Snare Drum
Rope Tension Drum Construction
Drum Construction
Selecting a Drum Head
Authentic Drum Sticks
Drum Slings / Carriages
References & Resources
British / American Drum Manuals
British / American Fife Manuals
Dutch Drum Manuals & Resources
French Drum Manuals
German / Austrian Drum Manuals & Resources
Italian Drum Manuals & Resources
Spanish Drum Manuals & Resources
Swiss Drum Manuals & Resources
British / American Music Scholarly Sources
General Music and Percussion-Oriented Scholarly Sources
General Military and Scholarly Sources
American Military Primary and Secondary Sources
British Military Primary and Secondary Sources
German / Austrian Military Secondary Sources
Dutch Military Secondary Sources
French Military Secondary Sources
Italian Military Secondary Sources
Spanish Military Secondary Sources
Swiss Military Secondary Sources
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English Drumming Workbook
French Drumming Workbook
Prussian Drumming Workbook
Philidor’s Drum Beatings
A Collection of 18th and early 19th Century Drum Beatings
A Complete Transcription of James Aird vol 1&2
A Complete Set of Marches, Troops, and Quicksteps For the Fife from 1756-1796
Darmstadt MS 1224 & MS 1225
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