Rudiments

[plainsman]

rudiments is (and definitely should be) on any drummer's to-do list of things to work on always.

i guess that's what the spotlight of this thread is on.

softwaremaker did highlight something. one should be balanced and work on all necessary to be a well-rounded drummer/musician.



a good list could go something like:

- good timekeeping. from awareness of quarter-note pulse to phrasings & song form.

- reading: basic notation, progressing to sightreading pieces of all genres.

- writing

- rudiments: NARD 26, PASIC 40, new/hybrid rudiments

- independence, interdependence, orchestration.

 

[hellven]

it took me 7yrs of playing to realise i'm a noob bcos i didn't learn rudiments.

 

[kazuki]

just curious whats the main purpose of rudiments?

is it to get the feel of it into your heart/brain so that u do not need to count, and so that the rudiments will become your muscle memory which u can execute during playing?


hmm the question i asked previously was that how do we practice rudiments that are like to fast to be heard/count in the brain/heart? Like we see all those drums solos in youtube by jojo mayer and stuff, do they really HEAR every Note play? or they just anchor the main quarter notes or whatever and let their hands wack the rest?

just curious =)

 

[Softwaremaker]

I love to answer this question.

--- and I quote from one of the masters of the drum rudiments, Lionel Duperron ---

Here is a really simple analogy to explain the drum rudiments... consider the paragraphs of text you are reading on this page right now. They are made up of 26 letters that make up ALL words, sentences, and paragraphs in the english language. It doesn't matter what you write, these 26 letters end up being used to express anything!

Drum Rudiments are the "letters" of the drumming language. They are incorporated into every beat, fill, or pattern that you could ever conceive to play on the drums. Now, that doesn't mean you have to think of the rudiments every time you play, just as you wouldn't think of each individual letter when writing a word, sentence, or paragraph. Instead, you just think of your ideas and translate them directly into sentences with ease.

It would never make sense to try to learn the english language one letter at a time - especially without a detailed understanding of the alphabet. However, this is how most students approach the drum set. They try to master individual beats and fills without first understanding the core rudimental patterns. This is really quite backwards when you think about it, and this is why most beginner drummers get extremely frustrated with complex patterns.

 

[kazuki]

thanks software maker.. after reading what u wrote, is it right to sum up that rudiments increases your sensitivity to rythm patterns( not sure if this is the correct word to use, by rythm patterns i mean like which note of the beat falls on which position, like is it on count 1, e, n or a.) rather than keep repeating/listening to a complex drum beat and cannot make out its placement in the counting.

 

[Softwaremaker]

Well - Yes and No.

Besides timing, I think it is sticking techniques that rudiments fundamentally focuses on and that is important when you move around the set, besides timing.

 

[monsterous]

Trying adding them before you fill in on the 1st note of the fill. It works fine with Tripets especially i realise.