English Drumming Workbook

Guide for Re-enactors Portraying English Drummers During: French & Indian War, American Revolutionary War

This book is a lesson book, meant primarily for beginner to intermediate drummers interested in portraying an English/British drummer during the French & Indian War or American Revolutionary War.

It includes:

  1. Guide to Traditional Grip and Striking the Drum
  2. Exercises for English Rudiments and Duty Calls
  3. Brigade of the American Revolution (BAR) approved interpretations of the major duty calls
  4. Description of how to perform and when to use each duty call
  5. Exercises and Music for 4 Standard Marching Cadences

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Table of Contents

Rudiments Taught:

  • Flam
  • Flam Tap
  • Flamadiddle (Flam Paradiddle)
  • Flam Accent
  • Long Roll
  • 5-Stroke Roll
  • 7-Stroke Roll
  • 9-Stroke Roll
  • 10-Stroke Roll
  • 11-Stroke Roll
  • 15-Stroke Roll
  • Drag (Ruff)
  • Lesson 25
  • Double Drags

Duty Calls Taught:

  • Assembly, or the Singlings of the Troop
  • To Arms
  • The Retreat
  • Cease Firing
  • The Preparative
  • NCOs Calls
  • Reveille, The Mother and Three Camps
  • Drummers’ Call
  • Dinner Call

Marches / Beatings

  • The Long March (Quickstep or Common Time March)
  • The Common Time March
  • Baltimore (6/8 March)
  • Tecumseh (6/8 March)

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