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The Ratamacue (#38 of the 40 P.A.S. certified essential or standard rudiments) is a compound rudiment. It's comprised of a double grace note in front of a Single Stroke Four ending on an accent. So it's in fact a Drag and a Single Stroke 4 combination. This is a hand-to-hand pattern which means it alternates between starting on the Right Hand ...
Jun 19, 2023 · The Single Ratamacue To perform the single ratamacue, I recommend you already have proficiency in playing the drag rudiment - playing a controlled double stroke before an accent on the snare. Once you have mastered the single ratamacue, it becomes one of the most easily executable snare drum licks, which you can use to begin or finish just ...
Apr 13, 2012 · In this video, Dr. John Wooton, one of the world's foremost authorities on the snare drum rudiments, performs the SINGLE RATAMACUE from slow to fast to slow ...
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Aug 3, 2023 · These 12 essential rudiments are well suited to modern drum-kit playing and will offer you a ton of options for experimentation around the kit. And, if you want to learn all 40 rudiments, these ones are an excellent place to start. 1. The paradiddle. The paradiddle is easily the most popular rudiment.
The double ratamacue naturally alternates within itself and is played in 6/8 time signature here. Playing in 6/8 means you’ll have 6 counts where the 8th notes take the click. Thus, the first double ratamacue on the sheet music below starts on count 1 and ends on count 3, while its second drag ruff is played on count 2.
A snare drum rudiment listed under the 40 essential rudiments that is commonly used in both corps and traditional style marching as well as concert and orchestral snare.
WELCOME TO VIC FIRTH’SDRUM RUDIMENT PAGE! Track your progress on all 40 of the P.A.S. International Drum Rudiments with our convenient play-along audio playlists, graduating from Bronze to Diamond Levels, as well as the “open-close-open” option. Each rudiment also has an Application Exercise in 5 levels, plus rudiment breakdown and lesson videos from Dr. John … 40 ESSENTIAL RUDIMENTS ...
