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      • 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
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      • Drummer’s Call: The Fife Music
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      • Creating a Fancy Short Troop
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    • 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
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      • La Fasçine: Learn to Play the French Work Call
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      • 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
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  • 18th C Prussian Drumming
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    • Vergatterung – Prussian Assembly
    • Fahnen Troop – Prussian Flag March
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    • Fligel Grenadier March – Prussian Charge?
    • Zapfenstreich – Prussian Tattoo
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    • Prussian Religious Services
    • Todten Marsch – Prussian Funeral March
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    • 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
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    • How do you improve your tempo?
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In the meantime, check out my video Drum Lesson 7-Stroke Rolls to learn how to play this rudiment.

Historic Drumming Lesson 7 | Drum Rudiment 7-Stroke Roll

Historic Drumming Lesson 20 | Drum Rudiment 7-Stroke Roll, Advanced Lesson

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