rudiments
Bare essential elements
Rudiments are the basics or fundamentals of a subject—the essential first principles you must learn before advancing: the rudiments of grammar, the rudiments of chess.
The word implies early-stage knowledge, the foundation everything else builds on.
In music, rudiments are standardized drum patterns that form the basis of percussion technique.
Core elements of something
- essentialsIndispensable items or elements
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
- foundationsStructural bases below ground
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
preliminaries · beginnings · core · bedrock · cornerstones · ABCs · underpinnings · starters
Drum sticking pattern
fundamentals
Core elements of something
- essentialsIndispensable items or elements
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
- foundationsStructural bases below ground
groundwork · preliminaries · beginnings · core · bedrock · cornerstones · ABCs · underpinnings · starters · introductory
paradiddle
Drum sticking pattern
remnants
What stays after most goes
- tracesSlight remaining amounts
- vestigesRemaining traces of something
- undevelopedNot fully formed
embryonic · primitive · atrophied · residual · incomplete · stunted · nascent · incipient · immature · imperfect
- elementary schoolclassroom, student, first grade teacher, reading skills, teacher
- fundamentalsbasics, fundamentals, essentials, foundation, ABCs
- drum lessonssnare drum, practice pad, drum rolls, stick control, rhythm training
- drummingsnare drum, drum roll, drumroll, beat, drumsticks
- rhythmbeat, pulse, tempo, downbeat, upbeat
- beginningsbegin, beginning, start, first, opening
rudimentsmastery
Complete skill or control
expertise · proficiency · virtuosity · command · fluency
rudimentscomplexities
Interrelated difficult elements
intricacies · subtleties · nuances · advanced concepts · technicalities
rudimentscomprehensive understanding
Total knowledge of something
totality · entirety · completeness · depths · the whole picture