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In Case You Missed It

What a busy week this was! The Hybrid Rudiments Video Series was introduced, an ongoing series devoted to highlighting a wide variety of fun and challenging hybrid rudiments. This weeks hybrids were Hertas, Grandmas, Choo-Choo, Alternated Pataflafla and Cheese. Upcoming videos will include the One Handed Flam Drag, Grandpas, Chutuddas, Diddle Herta and Cheese Paradiddle.

This week’s companion PDF is available here while other hybrids can be explored here. Have fun discovering hybrid rudiments and happy drumming!


Introducing Hybrid Rudiments

I’ve added a new page and new downloadable resources covering the vast world of Hybrid Rudiments. Additional resources will be added to this page throughout the year.

Hybrid rudiments are the combining of two or more rudiments to create a new rudiment or rudiment pattern. This is not always the case as there are instances of hybrids containing only one rudiment, but have become universally recognized and adopted as a common rudiment pattern. Since there are an infinite number of combinations and stickings, there is no official list of hybrid rudiments, and new hybrids are no doubt created almost daily. Even the names can vary for the same hybrid. There are currently 500+ more widely accepted hybrid rudiments.

The first resource includes the hybrids Hertas, Grandmas, Choo-Choo, Alternated Pataflafla and Cheese.