
Rudiment Section #38
40 P.A.S. Standard Rudiments

Rudiment #38
Ratamacue
The Ratamacue (#38 of the 40 P.A.S. certified essential or standard rudiments) is a compound rudiment. It's comprised of a double grace note in front of a Single Stroke Four ending on an accent. So it's in fact a Drag and a Single Stroke 4 combination. This is a hand-to-hand pattern which means it alternates between starting on the Right Hand and the Left Hand.
The Ratamacue is one of the rudiments with a phonetic name. This means that it's called a Ratamacue because that's how it sounds.
Sticking
llr.l.r.L...rrl.r.l.R...ll
Notice the Double Paradiddle sticking in here.
Counting
tk1.j.t.n...tk2.j.t.n...tk
or
lettuh1.trip.let.&...lettuh2.trip.let.&...lettuh

Rudiment #38
Ratamacue
Exercises
38a
This exercise omits the second note of the Ratamacue in beats 1 and 2. This gets you even more intro a triplet/shuffle mindset.
Counting
tk1...t.N...tk2...t.N...tk3.j.t.N...tk4.j.t.N...tk
or
lettuh1...let.&...lettuh2...let.&...lettuh3.trip.let.&...lettuh4.trip.let.&...lettuh