Five Stroke Rolls

A great piece of sheet music to focus your learning and practice on the five stroke roll. A perfect piece for drummers just learning the 5-stroke roll or drummers that want to sharpen their five-stroke rolling skills. Have fun rolling!

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Nate Brown

Publisher of OnlineDrummer.com, Alfred Publishing author, Ddrum artist, and veteran Drum! Magazine contributor, Nate earned his Bachelor of Arts in Education at John Carroll University and Master of Arts in Education at the University of Findlay.

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