Instructors will vary the order of which they teach the rudiments, this is my standard path with each separate list being a new lesson on a different day. Work on rudiments learned earlier in the process at the start of each subsequent lesson, always returning to the baseline long roll to warm up. Start each rudiment slowly, wide open, and speed up on repetition, being sure to note speed and quality improvements as the student progresses through the week.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
- The Flam Accent
- The Paradiddle
Week 4
- No new rudiments, focus on improving rudiments learned in the prior three lessons.
- Combine flams and flam accents into and army 6/8 pattern of beats (without the rolls).
- New drummers beat single taps (R L R L) on the downbeat while playing a 2/4 with more experienced drummers.
Week 4
- The Flamacue
- The Rough (Three Stroke Roll)
- Five Stroke Roll
- New drummers beat single flams on the downbeat while playing a 2/4 with more experienced drummers.
Week 5
- Flam Paradiddle
- Lesson 25
- Seven Stroke Roll
- Combine Flam, Flam accent and 7 stroke roll into Amry 6/8.
Week 6
- No new rudiments, focus on improving rudiments learned in the prior lessons.
- Learn to play a roll into another rudiment, like 7 into flam accent and 7 into paradiddle.
- Combine 7 stroke roll, flam and flam accent to play first 1/2 of Army 6/8.
Week 7
- The Single Drag
- Lesson 25
- Fast Flam Taps
- 9, 10, 11, 13, 15 Stroke Rolls
- Combine 7 stroke rolls and flams to play the first 1/2 of a basic tune like 1812.
Week 8, The week of the paradiddle
- Drag Paradiddle
- Single, Double and Tripple Paradiddle
- Paradiddlediddle
- Combine 7 stroke roll, flam, lesson 25 and paradiddle to play Connecticut 1/2 Time.
Week 9
- Double Drag
- Variations: Reverse Paradiddle.
- Variations: Paradiddles with the accent on the second stroke.
