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The up stroke begins with the tip of the stick hovering low above the head of the drum. The drummer strikes the surface and brings the stick up, or to full stroke position. In the tap, the stick begins low and remains low after striking. The buzz stroke starts at a specified position; then, the stick travels towards the drum. As the stick hits ...
A drum roll (or roll for short) is a technique used by percussionists to produce a sustained sound for the duration of a written note. [2]All drum figures are based upon three fundamental beats, technically called roll, single stroke, and flam...Sustentation is accomplished upon wind instruments by blowing into the instrument; it is accomplished upon the violin and the allied instruments by ...
Samuel Potter's book, The Art of Beating the Drum from 1817 recommends that rudiments be played "until perfectly close," but there is no mention of opening them back up again. [6] It wasn't until 1862 that George Barrett Bruce recommended playing rudiments in the open, closed, open method. [ 7 ]
Single stroke four Example of the drum rudiment single stroke four: Four notes played with alternating sticking, usually as a triplet followed by an eighth note (as in the picture) or as three grace notes before a downbeat (like a ruff) Single stroke seven Seven notes played with alternating sticking, usually as sextuplet followed by a quarter note
The Moeller Method uses the whipping motion, described above, and applies it to the 4 basic strokes of drumming, the Full, Up, Down, and Tap strokes. [6] Using a combination of the basic strokes, in the whipping Moeller style it is possible to play extremely quickly with minimal effort, or to introduce a series of accents into a stream of notes with relative ease. [7]
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In percussion, cymbal choke is a drum stroke or push which consists of striking a cymbal with a drum stick held in one hand and then immediately grabbing the cymbal with another hand, or more rarely, with the same hand. The cymbal choke produces a burst of sound which is abruptly silenced, which can be used for punctuation or dramatic ...
A drum beat or drum pattern is a rhythmic pattern, or repeated rhythm establishing the meter and groove through the pulse and subdivision, played on drum kits and other percussion instruments. As such a "beat" consists of multiple drum strokes occurring over multiple musical beats while the term "drum beat" [ 1 ] may also refer to a single drum ...