Tite "Ret merits In the following chapter you will find a complete listing of 26 American rudiments, 21 Swiss (includ- ing variations), 22 rudiments called New Innovations (including variations) and 17 rudi- ‘ments (with variations) called Chopsbuilders— a total of 86 rudiments. ‘They are presented here just the way Alan showed them to me, first individually and then as part of the Rudimental Ritual, The Ritual will be covered in greater detail later in this chapter. Alan’s method for learning and practicing the rudiments was to play each one from slow to fast gradually and back to slow again gradually. In ‘Alan's words, doing them this way would provide “conditioning” for the hands while at the same time add to your vocabulary. He would also stress that speed was not the important thing but that sound was. Ifthey don’t sound good slow, they won't sound good when you play them faster. In my own, experience teaching, I have found that many stu- =| ar = 4 Sa Pode Sigel i tra UR RRL RRL Lig tiR DARL RAL R RRL RRL “This rudiment i part of many ‘other rudiments and should be played with a closed inerpreta- ‘ion. In other words, keep the {grace notes low and close to the single stroke. Think on the beat, ‘This rudiment does not alter- nate. Pay in each hand from slow to fast (gradually) and back to low.