diff --git a/osu.Game.Modes.Taiko/Objects/DrumRoll.cs b/osu.Game.Modes.Taiko/Objects/DrumRoll.cs
index ba51878635..78e9202f20 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Modes.Taiko/Objects/DrumRoll.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Modes.Taiko/Objects/DrumRoll.cs
@@ -25,41 +25,33 @@ namespace osu.Game.Modes.Taiko.Objects
         /// <summary>
         /// Velocity of the drum roll in positional length units per millisecond.
         /// </summary>
-        public double Velocity;
+        public double Velocity { get; protected set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The distance between ticks of this drumroll.
         /// <para>Half of this value is the hit window of the ticks.</para>
         /// </summary>
-        public double TickTimeDistance;
+        public double TickTimeDistance { get; protected set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Number of drum roll ticks required for a "Good" hit.
         /// </summary>
-        public double RequiredGoodHits;
+        public double RequiredGoodHits { get; protected set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Number of drum roll ticks required for a "Great" hit.
         /// </summary>
-        public double RequiredGreatHits;
+        public double RequiredGreatHits { get; protected set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Total number of drum roll ticks.
         /// </summary>
-        public int TotalTicks;
+        public int TotalTicks => Ticks.Count();
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes the drum roll ticks if not initialized and returns them.
         /// </summary>
-        public IEnumerable<DrumRollTick> Ticks
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                if (ticks == null)
-                    createTicks();
-                return ticks;
-            }
-        }
+        public IEnumerable<DrumRollTick> Ticks => ticks ?? (ticks = createTicks());
 
         private List<DrumRollTick> ticks;
 
@@ -75,22 +67,21 @@ namespace osu.Game.Modes.Taiko.Objects
             else
                 TickTimeDistance /= 4;
 
-            TotalTicks = Ticks.Count();
             RequiredGoodHits = TotalTicks * Math.Min(0.15, 0.05 + 0.10 / 6 * difficulty.OverallDifficulty);
             RequiredGreatHits = TotalTicks * Math.Min(0.30, 0.10 + 0.20 / 6 * difficulty.OverallDifficulty);
         }
 
-        private void createTicks()
+        private List<DrumRollTick> createTicks()
         {
-            ticks = new List<DrumRollTick>();
+            var ret = new List<DrumRollTick>();
 
             if (TickTimeDistance == 0)
-                return;
+                return ret;
 
             bool first = true;
             for (double t = StartTime; t < EndTime + (int)TickTimeDistance; t += TickTimeDistance)
             {
-                ticks.Add(new DrumRollTick
+                ret.Add(new DrumRollTick
                 {
                     FirstTick = first,
                     PreEmpt = PreEmpt,
@@ -105,6 +96,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Modes.Taiko.Objects
 
                 first = false;
             }
+
+            return ret;
         }
     }
 }
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