Flam Rudiments
(Part 1)
Flam
The Flam consist of two strokes that are divided into a grace note and a primary note. The Grace Note is played first, with a fast, softer stroke. It is represented by a small eight note. The Primary Note is played after the grace note and with a louder volume. The idea is to play both notes as close as possible, almost as if they were a single note. One way to visualize its sound is to imagine how machine gun would sound if only two bullets were shot. For better understanding hear the audio aid below.
Flam Accent
The Flam Accent consist of a Triplet, with the first note, played as a Flam (with an accent on the primary note of the Flam).
Flam Tap
The Flam Tap consists of a diddle where the first and third notes are accented flams. In other words, this rudiment is played as two consecutive strokes with each hand, for a total of four note, where each hand stroke starts with an accented flam.
Flamacue
The Flamacue can be understood as five strokes played by alternating hands, where the second stroke is an accented flam and fifth note in a standard flam.
Flam Paradiddle
Single Flammed Mill
The Flam Paradiddle is simply a standard single paradiddle, but with the first note played as an accented flam.
Somehow the Single Flammed Mill is an inverted paradiddle. In other words, this rudiment starts with two consecutive strokes played with the same hand, and then two other strokes played by alternating hands, for a total of four strokes. Also, the first note is played as an accented Flam.