+Drum rolls are indicated with three slashes across the stem.
+For quarter notes or longer the three slashes are shown explicitly,
+eighth notes are shown with two slashes (the beam being the third),
+and drum rolls shorter than eighths have one stem slash to
+supplement the beams. This is achieved with the tremolo notation,
+@code{:32}, see @ref{Tremolo repeats}. Here's an example of
+some snare rolls:
+
+@lilypond[quote,ragged-right,verbatim]
+\new DrumStaff
+\drummode {
+ \time 2/4
+ sn16 sn8 sn16 sn8 sn8:32~ |
+ sn8 sn8 sn4:32~ |
+ sn4 sn8 sn16 sn16 |
+ sn4 r4 |
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+Sticking can be indicated by placing @code{^"R"} or @code{^"L"}
+after the note. The @code{staff-padding} property may be
+overridden to achieve a pleasing baseline.
+
+@c TODO Add example of sticking
+