The six stroke roll can be played in a couple of different ways. You can start by playing the two double strokes before playing the two singles, or start by executing the two singles before the two doubles. Another option to play the six stroke roll is as notated on the sheet music below - starting with a single, then two doubles followed by another single. The six stroke roll version taught by Lionel Duperron in this lesson is actually the pattern played on one of the greatest fills of all time – the “Motown drum fill” made famous by the great late Motown house drummer Richard “Pistol” Allen.
