5 Hybrid Rudiments That Every Drummer Should Know

Learn Drums Here: Free Lessons: Our Favorite Music ProductsL Faster Hands & Feet (in 10 days) ► These hybrid patterns may not be on the list of 40 standard rudiments, but you should still add them to your repertoire! Juan Carlito Mendoza shares his favorites: Sheet Music: 1. Herta The herta alternates RLR L RLR L and sounds best when you accent the standalone lefts. 2. Blushda The blushda starts with a left handed flam, followed by two 16th notes on the right, and topped off with an accented left. 3. Choo Choo When you get this one up to speed, it sounds like a train! All you have to do is play a paradiddle (RLRR) and put a flam on the third 16th note. 4. Flam Grandpa Arguably one of the best-named rudiments of all time, this is a 5 note pattern (RLRRL) that starts with a flam. 5. The Stutter It’s