Drum stroke

This article is about a single hit. For general hit sequences, see Drum beat. For marching hit sequences, see Drum cadence.
Ghost note drumming Playⓘ: features various drum strokes including accented, sixteenth-note subdivision, closed hi-hat, and ghost notes.

In music, a drum stroke is a movement which produces a single or multiple notes on drums or other percussion instruments such as cymbals. There are several types of strokes: five basic single strokes (noted below), double strokes, and other multiple strokes such as triples, quadruples, or buzzes of indeterminate number.