Eleven stroke roll

DEFINITION

A standard drum rudiment in the category of roll rudiments and the sub-category of double stroke open roll rudiments that creates a sustained sound on a percussion instrument by rapidly alternating two strokes from each stick. The sticking pattern (shown below) is the accepted method of producing an eleven stroke roll and consists of two strokes from each hand repeated with two more strokes from the beginning hand and finished with an accented stroke (i.e. RRLL-RRLL-RR-L) for a total of eleven strokes. Eleven Stroke Roll