Vic Firth's "Rudiment Learning Sequence"

The "Logical Learning Sequence" for the rudiments was designed to give directors, instructors and students an approach to learning the rudiments that takes into account difficulty, inclusion of rudiments from each "rudimental family" and the popular usage. The 10 rudiments in Quadrant A form the basis for all of the other rudiments. Beginning students (or "first-timers" to the rudiments) should begin there and eventually progress through the other quadrants after they have achieved a medium level of proficiency ("silver or gold level").

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Quadrant A

Quadrant B
  1. Single Stroke Roll
  2. Single Stroke Four
  3. Single Paradiddle
  4. Multiple Bounce Roll
  5. Double Paradiddle
  6. Flam
  7. Flam Tap
  8. Ruff (Drag)
  9. Five Stroke Roll
10. Open (Double Stroke) Roll

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11. Single Stroke Seven
12. Paradiddle-diddle
13. Flam Accent
14. Swiss Army Triplet
15. Flamacue
16. Nine Stroke Roll
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7. Thirteen Stroke Roll
18. Seventeen Stroke Roll
19. Lesson 25
20. Single Dragadiddle

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Quadrant C

Quadrant D

21. Triple Paradiddle
22. Six Stroke Roll
23. Seven Stroke Roll
24. Fifteen Stroke Roll
25. Flam Paradiddle
26. Single Flammed Mill
27. Pataflafla
28. Single Drag Tap
29. Double Drag Tap
30.
Single Ratamacue

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31. Triple Stroke Roll
32. Ten Stroke Roll (coming soon)
33. Eleven Stroke Roll (coming soon)
34. Iverted Flam Tap
35. Flam Drag
36. Flam Paradiddle-diddle

37. Drag Paradiddle #1
38. Drag Paradiddle #2
39. Double Ratamacue
40. Triple Ratamacue

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