Flams Drum Rudiments for Spirit Music Meet-Ups
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Rudimental Chart Collections containing Flams Drum Rudiments:
Note: Flams may be found in Drag Rudiments, but since the Drag is deeper level of complexity they are instead found on the Drags & Ruffs page. The grace-note Setup and Principle-Stroke of a Flam lR or rL create a Compound-Stroke which is more “contracted/compressed” for a more “closed-texture” than if they are “expanded/loosened” for a more “opened-texture” into alternating Single-Strokes L R or R L “Para” rudiments on the Single-Strokes page. The level of complexity and uniqueness of sound has caused others in history to classify them differently, but you really should view them as related on a spectrum of open-to-closed texture.
Main Strokes = Strokes that have a Note/Time-value so they are not a grace-note stroke but either the Principle-Stroke they Setup to create a Compound-Stroke or other Simple-Stroke(s) that are part of the Rudiment, e.g., the lR L R L Flamacue has 4 Main Strokes.
Video: Flamming to make a thick Accent in drumming
Video – 22PWG: Explore Flams with childlike curiosity & adventure, asking for revelation
Video: Drums-Tech-Stick Control-Accents – Moeller 1, 2, 3, 4 Strokes with Doubles & Triples Fill-ins
Video: Drum-Tech-Stick Control- Don Famularo – Single-hand Flams 1/4 notes thru 1/16-note Pentuplets
Video: Flams – Progressive flamming of 4 combos of 2 strokes
Video: Flams – Progressive flamming of 8 combos of 3 strokes
Video: Flams – Progressive flamming of 16 combos of 4 strokes
Video: Flams – Progressively adding Flams to start and/or end a Double-Stroke Roll
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1-2 alternating Main Strokes as Singles “Pa or Para”:
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3 alternating Main Strokes as Singles “Para Pa”:
Video – 22PWG: Flam Accent is a Flammed Triplet that has a 1-Pulse Waltz Feel – Part 1, Part 2
Video: Flam Accent No. 1 – Create by extending an Inverted Flam Tap or by Flamming a Triplet
Video: Flam Accent No. 1 – Drum-Set Beats
Video: Flam Accent No. 1 – Drum-Set Beats – Blues & Jazz
Video: Flam Accent No. 1 – Drum-Set Beats – Jazz Swing
Video: Flam Accent No. 1 – Drum-Set Fill with 1/8-note Triplets
Video: Triplet Pataflafla or FlamaFlam by my student Elliott Semonsky
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4 alternating Main Strokes as Singles “Para Para”:
Video – 22PWG: Searching for clues in Flamaques like a little child to explore this Rudiment deeply – Part 1, Part 2
Video: Pataflafla is like a Flammed Samba beat
Video – 22PWG: Arvin’s Diddle 1 – It’s an Alternating Pataflafla!
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2 repeated Main Strokes as Doubles “Diddle”:
Video: Flams Tap – Switch Taps
Video – 22PWG: Foolin’ around with Flam Taps to deeply explore them – Part 1, Part 2
Video: Flam Taps – Drum-Set Beats
Video: Flam Taps – Drum-Set Beats – Train Beats
Video: Flam Taps – Drum-Set Beats – Country Train & Surf
Video: Flam Taps – Drum-Set Beats – 2-Beat Country
Video: Flam Taps – Drum-Set Beats – Shuffles
Video: Inverted Flam Taps – Turn your volume up!
Video – 22PWG: MamaDada Flammed Doubles
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3 Main Strokes as Side-Triplets – 1 Single & 1 Diddle:
Video – 22PWG: Flammed Front-Side Triplets – Progressively move the Flam through RRL or LLR – Part 1, Part 2
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3 repeated Main Strokes as Triples:
Video: Drum-Tech-Stick Control- Ex 1 of pg 1 – Gleaning from Rudimental Warm-ups by Maria Martinez
Video: Drum-Tech-Stick Control- Ex 2 of pg 1 – Gleaning from Rudimental Warm-ups by Maria Martinez
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4 Main Strokes as Paradiddles – 1 “para” + 1 “diddle”:
Video: Flam Paradiddle by extending Flam Accent No. 1
Video: Flam Paradiddle – 2 Sounds, Left-lead
Video – 22PWG: Fiddlin’ with Flam Paradiddles like a little child to deeply explore – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Video – 22PWG: Arvin’s Diddle 2 – It’s Flammed Inside Paradiddles!
Video: Flammed Mill or Flammed Reverse Paradiddle, expand a Swiss Army Triplet to create this
Video – 22PWG: Anatomy of a Para Flam Flam
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6 Main Strokes as Double Paradiddle “ParaPara Diddle”:
Video – 22PWG: Fun with FlamaFlamaDiddles
Video – 22PWG: FlamaFlamaFlamFlam – Gleaning-Revelation process of Rudiment breakdown & analysis – Part 1, Part 2
Video – 22PWG: Spinning your wheels with Double Windmills
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6 Main Strokes as Paradiddle-diddle “Para Diddle-Diddle”:
Video – 22PWG: Swingin’ with Flam Paradiddle-diddles to deeply explore them – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Video – 22PWG: FlamaFlamFlamDiddle is a Paradiddle-diddle Flammed as Jazz-Swing over Steady Time
Video – 22PWG: FlamaFlamFlamFlamFlam is also a Paradiddle-diddle almost fully Flammed!
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7 Main Strokes:
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