iLearnDrum for Android

11 things about iLearnDrum

1. The National Association of Rudimental Drummers, an organization established to promote rudimental drumming, put forward a list of 13 essential rudiments, and later a second set of 13 to form the original 26.

2. Learning how to play all 40 drum rudiments will open your drumming up to huge growth as well as beat and fill possibilities that you never imagined.

3. Learning and applying the drum rudiments to your drumming is one of the most important aspects of playing the drums.

4. These drumming patterns became the basis of the snare drum rudiments.

5. Yet learning the drum rudiments is one of the most over-looked drumming principles.

6. The cradle of rudimental drumming is said to be France, where professional drummers became part of the King's honour guard in the 17th and 18th centuries.

7. Today there are four main Rudimental Drumming cultures: Swiss Basler Trommeln, Scottish Pipe Drumming, American Ancient Drumming, and American Modern Drumming.

8. The Percussive Arts Society reorganized the first 26 and added another 14 to form the current 40 International Drum Rudiments.

9. In percussion music, a rudiment is one of the basic patterns used in rudimental drumming.

10. There have been many attempts to formalize a standard list of snare drum rudiments.

11. The drum rudiments are the building blocks for all drum beats and drum fills.