Ruff
DEFINITION
A type of stroke in drum playing involving three rapid strokes before the main one. See drag.<br><br>A single stroke with one hand preceded by two ghosted strokes in the opposite hand. A single stroke with one hand accompanied by two lighter strokes with the opposite hand just preceding it. Notated like a grace note, except the grace note is two sixteenth notes instead of an eighth note. One of the thirteen original rudiments.