ratamacuen.
/ˌratəməˈkjuː/, U.S. /ˌrædəməˈkju/ Music.
One of the basic patterns or rudiments of drumming, consisting of a triplet preceded by a two-stroke drag (drag n. 7i) and followed by an accented beat. More fully single ratamacue.In the double ratamacue and triple ratamacue, the triplet is preceded by two and three drags, respectively.
ΚΠ
1900 F. H. Greissinger & W. F. Smith Instr. for Trumpet & Drum II. 66 The Single Ratamacue is from hand to hand... The Double Ratamacue is from hand to hand.
1937 G. Rushford Drum Trainer 6 The Double Paradiddle... The Triple Ratamacue.
1967 Crescendo Aug. 25/3 The double paradiddle.., double ratamacue, single drag, etc. are all..rudiments which can be repeated a number of times until the first beat of the bar comes round again.
1999 A. Shipton Groovin' High vii. 102 Bradley went into a series of loud ratamacues during one of Dizzy's solos.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1900- co-augment
- co-author
- co-authored
- co-authoring
- co-authority
- co-authors
- co-authorship
- co-believer
- co-belligerence
- co-belligerency
- co-belligerent
- co-benignity
- co-bewail
- co-bishop
- co-bless
- co-boundless
- co-branded
- co-branding
- co-breathe
- co-brother
- co-burgess
- co-burgher
- co-carcinogen
- co-carcinogenic
- co-cause