diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Objects/Drawables/DrawableDrumRoll.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Objects/Drawables/DrawableDrumRoll.cs
index 1af4719b02..3f58476571 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Objects/Drawables/DrawableDrumRoll.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Objects/Drawables/DrawableDrumRoll.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Objects.Drawables
 
         public override Quad ScreenSpaceDrawQuad => MainPiece.Drawable.ScreenSpaceDrawQuad;
 
+        // done strictly for editor purposes.
+        public override bool ReceivePositionalInputAt(Vector2 screenSpacePos) => MainPiece.Drawable.ReceivePositionalInputAt(screenSpacePos);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Rolling number of tick hits. This increases for hits and decreases for misses.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Skinning/Legacy/LegacyDrumRoll.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Skinning/Legacy/LegacyDrumRoll.cs
index 5543a31ec9..78be0ef643 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Skinning/Legacy/LegacyDrumRoll.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Skinning/Legacy/LegacyDrumRoll.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
+using System;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ using osu.Framework.Graphics.Sprites;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Textures;
 using osu.Game.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Skinning;
+using osuTK;
 using osuTK.Graphics;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Skinning.Legacy
@@ -19,13 +21,22 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Skinning.Legacy
         {
             get
             {
-                var headDrawQuad = headCircle.ScreenSpaceDrawQuad;
-                var tailDrawQuad = tailCircle.ScreenSpaceDrawQuad;
+                // the reason why this calculation is so involved is that the head & tail sprites have different sizes/radii.
+                // therefore naively taking the SSDQs of them and making a quad out of them results in a trapezoid shape and not a box.
+                var headCentre = headCircle.ScreenSpaceDrawQuad.Centre;
+                var tailCentre = (tailCircle.ScreenSpaceDrawQuad.TopLeft + tailCircle.ScreenSpaceDrawQuad.BottomLeft) / 2;
 
-                return new Quad(headDrawQuad.TopLeft, tailDrawQuad.TopRight, headDrawQuad.BottomLeft, tailDrawQuad.BottomRight);
+                float headRadius = headCircle.ScreenSpaceDrawQuad.Height / 2;
+                float tailRadius = tailCircle.ScreenSpaceDrawQuad.Height / 2;
+                float radius = Math.Max(headRadius, tailRadius);
+
+                var rectangle = new RectangleF(headCentre.X, headCentre.Y, tailCentre.X - headCentre.X, 0).Inflate(radius);
+                return new Quad(rectangle.TopLeft, rectangle.TopRight, rectangle.BottomLeft, rectangle.BottomRight);
             }
         }
 
+        public override bool ReceivePositionalInputAt(Vector2 screenSpacePos) => ScreenSpaceDrawQuad.Contains(screenSpacePos);
+
         private LegacyCirclePiece headCircle = null!;
 
         private Sprite body = null!;