212:. These original 13 members decided upon "The 13 Essential Rudiments," published in 1933, for American drumming in their first meeting. Potential members of NARD are expected to play the 13 essential rudiments in front of an existing NARD member in order to join the organization. William F. Ludwig said of that first meeting, "We talked and played the rudiments six hours well into the morning. But we felt that we had saved the drum rudiments by adopting a practical set of rudiments without deviation from any of the then recognized and established methods." Many of the founders had studied with Civil War veterans and felt that traditional rudimental drumming was becoming endangered. There was also a perceived discrepancy between the way that the rudiments were taught between the most popular rudimental books of the day,
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