International Drum Rudiments

An important, free resource curated from PAS.org – complete with individual audio recordings of the 40 Percussive Arts Society International Drum Rudiments. Download the free PDF copy or read the notated rudiments below. The list consists of the traditional 26 rudiments along with a number of drum corps, orchestral, European, and contemporary drum rudiments.

This listing was an outgrowth of a five-year project compiled by the PAS International Drum Rudiment Committee, a highly select group of percussionists, organized and chaired by Jay Wanamaker. It is the hope of the International Drum Rudiment Committee that this new listing of rudiments will create a new vocabulary of drum rudiments that will serve contemporary percussionists for many years to come.

All rudiments should be practiced: open (slow) to close (fast) to open (slow) and/or at an even moderate march tempo.*These rudiments are also included in the original Standard 26 American Drum Rudiments

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This selection of rudimentary percussion exercises are performed by Aubrey Adams and are featured in the Percussion Book 2 of Alfred’s “Band Expressions” series. All rights reserved. Used with Permission of the copyright owners. Scroll through the list of rudiments in the Soundcloud box below to locate a particular rudiment, then click to listen .