Tag: Rudiments
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Drum Rudiments Reviewed — Hybrid Edition
Another rudiment discussion today; we’re approaching the finale of the marching band college football season, and my “rudiments reviewed” article was a pretty fun one, so here’s a spiritual successor, featuring hybrid drum rudiments. There are thousands of hybrid rudiments, and it’s not really practical to list the 40 most popular — most of my…
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Review: Rudimental Primer by Mitchell Peters
Here’s another rudiment review: Rudimental Primer by Mitchell Peters. Mitchell Peters was a percussionist for the LA Philharmonic and was a pretty prolific author, having written at least 18 method books, including nine snare drum-centric ones with neat color-coded covers. Peters’ first was Odd Meter Rudimental Etudes from 1967, but Rudimental Primer is fairly recent,…
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Review: Rudimental Patterns by Joe Cusatis
Here’s a book review that’s way overdue: Rudimental Patterns by Joe Cusatis, from 1968. It’s somewhat of a companion piece to Joe’s earlier Rhythmic Patterns, from 1963, which I wrote about back in 2023. I wasn’t too keen on Rhythmic Patterns, which is why I haven’t had much motivation to dissect the rudimental follow-up. Rudimental…
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A Packet of Triplet Accent Grids
So there I was, a couple of weeks ago, with a free night to practice but not much bandwidth to slog through a book. (I also didn’t want to hop on the kit that late and annoy my neighbors even more than I probably already do.) I figured I would get on the practice pad…
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Review(s): Ryan Bloom’s Rudimental Resources
I want to share and review two rudiment books I’ve brought up in the past: Rudimental Grand Tour and Encyclopedia Rudimentia, both written by my fellow CU alum Ryan Alexander Bloom. I’ve linked to Ryan’s website a couple dozen times at least — he’s a great resource and knows probably more than anyone on the…
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