
Rudiment Section #34
40 P.A.S. Standard Rudiments

Rudiment #34
Lesson 25
Lesson 25 (#34 of the 40 P.A.S. certified essential or standard rudiments) is a rudiment which combines an unaccented Drag with a 16th note and an accented 8th note.
Sticking
llr l R or rrl r L
Counting
tk1.t.n.tk2.t.n.tk
or
&a1.e.&.&a2.e.&.&a
As with any Drag rudiment, how you would count this depends greatly on the tempo. Thinking of 16th notes and doubling up the last 16th note to 32nd notes at a tempo of quarter note = 60 bpm is a good starting point.
When played up to speed this becomes a Single Stroke group of 4 with an accent on the third note and its 4th note doubled up to 32nd notes.

Rudiment #34
Lesson 25
Exercises
34a
In this exercise we combine two Drags in 8th notes and a Lessons 25. We change the sticking after each combination.
Counting
tk1.tkn.tk2.t.N.tk1.tkn.tk2.t.N.tk
or
&a1.&a&.&a2.e.&.&a1.&a&.&a2.e.&.&a
34b
Now we combine one Drag and a Lesson 25 in 6/8. Again we change hands after each combination.
Counting
tk1.tkn.t.M.tk2.tkn.t.M.tk
or
&a1.&a2.&.3.&a4.&a5.&.6.&a