History And Interpretation
Of Drum Rudiments
Camus, Raoul. Military Music of the American Revolution. Chapel
Hill: University of North Carolina [reprint: Westerville, OH: Integrity
Press], 1976.
Chandler, Eric Alan. "A history of rudimental drumming in America
from the Revolutionary War to the Present." D.M.A. Dissertation. Baton
Rouge: Louisiana State University, 1990. 116 p. Abstract: Dissertation Abstracts
International, no. 51/09A, p. 2914; University Microfilms International
order no. MDW91-04118
Galm, John K. "A bi-centennial view of the percussionist's heritage."
NACWPI Journal 24/3 (Spring 1976): 33-34
Galm, John K. "A study of the rudiments used in foreign military
drumming styles." Percussionist 2/1 and 2 (February 1965): 10-27
[Corrections appear in Percussionist 4/4 (May 1967): 205-208.]
Gilbert, Donald K. "Historically speaking." Percussionist
6/4 (May 1969): 120-122
Gilbert, Donald K. "Rudimental drumming in the United States, 1860-1900."
Percussionist 11/1 (Fall 1973): 12-14
Hartsough, Jeff, and Derrick Logozzo. "Timeline of marching and
field percussion." Percussive Notes Part 1: 32/4 (August 1994):
48-52; Part 2: 32/5 (October 1994): 20-24; Part 3: 32/6 (December 1994):
30-32; Part 4: 33/1 (February 1995): 26, 28-35
Ludwig, W. F. "The development of drum rudiments." Ludwig
Drummer 5/1 (Spring 1965): 16-17
"The National Association of Rudimental Drummers." Ludwig
Drummer 6/1 (Spring 1966): 37-38
Pohorence, Peter J. "An interpretation for the music in a revolutionary
era drum manual." Percussive Notes 35/1 (February 1997): 34-36,
38-39 [Responses by Susan Cifaldi and Peg Seston in Percussive Notes
35/3 (June 1997): 5.]
Powley, Harrison. "The drum tablature tradition of American military
music of the early nineteenth century: Levi Lovering's The Drummers Assistant,
or The Art of Drumming Made Easy." Journal of the American Musical
Instrument Society 21 (1995): 5-29
Spalding, Dan C. "The evolution of drum corps drumming." Percussionist
17/3 (Spring-Summer 1980): 116-131
Tabourot. Historic Percussion -- A Survey. Austin, TX: Tactus
Press, 1994.
Tabourot. Rhythm Ghosts. Austin, TX: Tactus Press, 1997.
Tabourot. Royall Drummes & Martiall Musick. Austin, TX: Tactus
Press, 1993.
Other National Styles Of Rudimental Drumming[TOP]
ENGLISH
Byrne, Maurice. "The English March and early drum notation."
The Galpin Society Journal 50 (March 1997): 43-80
FRANCE
Sandman, Susan Goertzel. "Indications of snare-drum technique in
Philidor Collection MS. 1163." The Galpin Society Journal No.
30 (May 1977): 70-75
SCOTTISH
Beecher, Mark. "An introduction to Scottish pipe band drumming."
The Rudimental Percussionist 1/2 [1992]: 14-18
Boag, W. G. F. "The rise of the Scottish style of side drumming."
Percussionist 14/2 (Winter 1977): 49-54
McKee, Joseph. "The art of pipe band drumming." Modern Drummer
16/9 (September 1992): 32-35, 94, 96, 98
Peters, Gordon. "A guide to piping and drumming." The Rudimental
Percussionist 4/1 [1997]: 22-23
Skinner, Michael A. "Pipe band drumming." Percussive Notes
34/2 (April 1996): 48-51
See also messages on the Sidedrum listserve.
Send a message with "subscribe" in the subject line to: SIDEDRUM@RANDOMC.COM
SWISS
Adams, Aubrey, and Craig Collison. "Interview with Alfons Grieder,
Swiss rudimental drummer." Percussive Notes Part I: 30/5 (June
1992): 18-20, 22-25; Part II: 30/6 (August 1992): 36-43
Clark, Jim. "Basel drumming: A close-up view." The Rudimental
Percussionist 1/1 (Winter 1992): 13-16
Grieder, Alfons. "Introduction to Swiss Basle drumming." Ludwig
Drummer 8/1 (Spring 1968): 32-35
U.S.
Flowers, John C. "The Eastern style techniques of rudimental drumming."
Ludwig Drummer 4/2 (Fall 1964): 26-27
INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIFIC RUDIMENTAL SOLOS[TOP]
Galm, John K. "The Downfall of Paris revisited." NACWPI
Journal 23/1 (Fall 1974): 33-36
Markovich, Mitch. "Tornado." Ludwig Drummer 8/2 (Fall
1968): 18-19
INTERPRETATION AND PERFORMANCE PRACTICE[TOP]
Avgerinos, Gerassimos. "What is the difference between a drag and
a ruff?" Ludwig Drummer 5/1 (Spring 1965): 14-15
Hochrainer, Richard. "Drum talk from Vienna: Embellishments."
Percussionist 12/4 (Summer 1975): 160-162 [Performance practice of
ornaments, as interpreted through European or Swiss rudimental approach.]
Markovich, Mitch. "Back-sticking." Ludwig Drummer 7/1
(Spring 1967): 14-15
Prentice, Harold F. "Could we be wrong!" Ludwig Drummer
4/1 (Spring 1964): 19, 39 [A discussion of the difference between the ruff
and the drag.]
Shiner, Kristen. "Diggin in: Woodshedding the rudimental drum solo."
Percussive Notes31/7 (October 1993): 51-53 | 
