Day 2 of 31 Single Stroke Roll featuring ATL DRUM ACADEMY Cool Drummers

Name: Day 2 of 31 Single Stroke Roll featuring ATL DRUM ACADEMY Cool Drummers
Uploaded: 2026-07-17T13:05:16.220Z
Duration: 5 min 11 s
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ATL DRUM ACADEMY

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Jul 17, 2026

Day 2 of 31 Single Stroke Roll featuring ATL DRUM ACADEMY Cool Drummers. Today's snare drum rudiment will be the Single Stroke Roll conducted by Mr. James Riles with the Atlanta Drum Academy Beginner's Class.

The single stroke is the most common drum rudiment for all drummers. It's usually the first step or first rudiment to learn. It can be applied to drum set, marching band and even hand drumming. Most people use them in drum solos, drum fills and drum even snare drum battles. It's a basis for all other drum rudiments after it. To be successful playing this drum rudiment is to be successful playing any other drum rudiment in the music education realm.

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Subscribe, hit that notification button so you won't miss any more of our rudiments. I don't know why this kid is playing solo in the background. Clearly because I'm talking, but you know, it's all good. YouTube, YouTube, what's up, what's up? You're back with me, Mr. Riles, and some of my youngins right here. Alright, so, remember we are doing 31 rudiments in 31 days, alright? So, the rudiment for today will be the single stroke roll. Now, what does the word single mean? It means one, alright? So, if you go to McDonald's and you say, I want a single cheeseburger, how many pieces of meat are you going to get? One. If you want a double cheeseburger, how many pieces of meat are you going to get? Two. So, single means one on each hand, alright? So, let me demonstrate the single stroke roll. First of all, I'm going to do it open, close, open, which means slow, fast, and slow. And remember, when I stick height, the faster we get, the weaker I stick height. It comes down, lower and lower, alright? Here we go. Start from here, we're going to start from here, by myself. I'll demonstrate in case you guys are being quiet. I appreciate it. Get ready to kick out my video. Yep, we do it always on YouTube. Here we go. Alright, now before we go on, make sure you go click that subscribe button. It is right here. It's right here. I don't know where it is. Just make sure you click on it, alright? This is probably the best rudiment to start off with when you first start playing drums. And it's the most common rudiment. Alright, slow it down. Slow it down. Alright, stand up class. We're going to all do it together. Sticks up. Right hand up. We'll do it together. Here we go. Right hand up. Let's do it together. Single stroke roll. And go. Try with us if you're in Harlem. You got your sticks. You got your pad. Try with us. Right here. Navigate a little bit on this way. Real quick. Thank you brother. Don't look at the camera. Very unprofessional. I know it's at home. Everybody look at this way. Sticks up. Right stick up. Don't focus just on me. Just go around. Go around. Don't focus just on me. And go. It's Saturday. If you see your parents right there, you're free to go. And advance group.