Daddy Funk Lesson "The Flam Paradiddle"

[drummachine1901]

actually that is a hard rudiment.. however the hybrid rudiment is a little more difficult. its a total of 4 flams. play the paradiddle but with flams.

[Mamasan41]

15 folks forgot their flam!

[lapad230]

15 people Get Retarded

Coz they can't do the Flam Paradiddle

[deleon1001]

good lesson pretty simple and straight forward

[Fantasticifaction]

2:08 to 2:12 was fun

[shvetes]

Many flam rudiments sound good played with one hand on hi hat and the other on snare, but playing "flat flams" (left-right unisons with equal volume, rather than actual flams, which require one hand to strike just before the other). On that topic, all of the flam beats in the book Stick Control can be practiced with flat flams, as well as regular flams. Practicing unisons with left hand on snare and right on floor tom is useful, as there is often a need to play such unisons when filling.

[HEYBUDD]

here in the states we call that a flam-a-diddle. A flam para-diddle would have a flam followed by a complete para-diddle.

[deleon1001]

great pattern kool teaching as well



[drummaniac28]

You know it's a lot easier to play when you don't flail your arms all over the place.......

[sublime401]

It should be called the Flamadiddle

[NickEdelsteinBand]

great bit of knowledge, but the words could be revised more for example: "even my more advanced students, which I teach" - just a bit redundant. Less talk more play, in essence. Otherwise excellent video.

[oldradios123]

Wow! Who would have thought this rudiment would trigger so many comments! Seriously though, I am glad to hear that others find it difficult also and not just me. For me, the hard part is that my left weaker hand can't go any faster and I don't know of a way yet to close it with a bounce. Thanks for the vid DF

[PINQINQ]

Great, thank you very much :D

[bentecho]

does that go any faster daddy funk?

[TheLovedahiphop]

anyone else notice the weird guitar chord that happens when he accomplishes something? or am i hearing things

[daddyfunk3]

@TheLovedahiphop Hahahahaha!

YouTube People say the Funniest things!!!

MeNtaL!

DF

[junkiesonsak101]

@daddyfunk3 your like the most awesome guy ever lol

[Fharad99]

@TheLovedahiphop I think I decided what you're talking about. Everytime he stops playing, and begins talking the vocal mic picks up the resonance of the snares, and the rest of the kit. Because the mic is gated the "chord" you mentioned just seems to start out of nowhere. 3:55 or so is a good example. Again, you hear it the second he speaks. It's subtle.

[menuuzer]

@TheLovedahiphop D7 to Gmajor

[jrhager84]

@TheLovedahiphop

It's just the shell ringing out.

[vlastion]

"What I'd like to do in this video is show you how to play a decent Flam Paradiddle so that you can impress your friends and, basically, have a nice time with a decent rudiment."

I FRIGGIN' LOVE THIS GUY.

That kind of positive attitude makes me really happy because all you ever seem to get on YouTube is idiots arguing about who's better between Mike Portnoy and Danny Carey.

Rock on, DF!!

[dudemon321]

im trying to understand what hes saying but all i hear is "british british british!!!"

[Charlestonthedrummer]

I'm right-randed and my left hand plays the louder note in the flam, HOW CRAZY IS THAT?!?!??!?!!

[Greno]

never even knew this existed, haha, cheers, gonna go give it a whirl

[Sublemon7]

"hallo, im daddy funk."

[SabianAAXftw]

sweet! just learnt how to do this by watching your video. really works great in loads on grooves :) love it! thanks bud!

[gothic8]

prety cool! can we learn to do it around the kit?

[jshmills89]

to: GroveCityThugz

-He's playing wat us experienced drummers call American grip which is halfway between french and german. Just because everyone on ur marching band squad must play german does not mean set players do the same lol

[swabbles808]

Daddy Funk, Thank you for putting on simple lessons for all the Youtubers out there in Youtube land-

Keep on funking bro-

From Hawaii :o)

[GroveCityThugz]

A few things Mr. Funk...

Your hands are too turned upright. What I mean is your palms should be parallel with your drum. If there was a quarter on the top of your hand, it's not supposed to fall off. There is way too much movement going on with your forearm for just drumming on one drum as well. Perhaps you were just exaggerating your movement for the sake of breaking it down... On a positive note, your drums sound superb brotha.

[bedlaminbelgiumroxzz]

I can do those daddyfunk3. Love the rudiments. When your good at them, they sound great! Boring shit to learn but instrumental in playing the drums well.

[daddyfunk3]

Cheers, Me Hearty!

Hahahaharrr!!

Glad You liked it.

The Original Daddy Funk.

[Sentraman4]

most unique drum kit i've ever seen + ginger baker + captain hook = good lesson

[lmfisher100]

thank you Daddy, this is really improving my skills and coord!! Lisa a new Drummer for Genral Patton and his privates in Chicago

[texasthojp]

That really was an informative video. I know what you mean about all the negative comments. Anyhow, thanks for the lesson. I appreciate the lesson as a lefty.

[willskival]

good lesson! thanks

[nl59]

Awesome video! Not too many British teachers on youtube :) Only just found you!!!

[daddyfunk3]

WOW!!!

A POSSITIVE Comment on YouTube!!!

How unusual!!!

THANK YOU fnkdrmmr, VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!!!!

Daddy Funk.

[ETONG49]

hahaha

[fnkdrmmr]

Daddy Funk appears to be a cool guy.  I like it when a person can really play and he or she takes the time to teach those who are willing to learn. The flam-paradiddle is a great exercise.

[tesnexus1]

i like how he flams. i usually do really open flams. but its just opinion

[iDrumBum]

Hes nto using a moeler technique which is why it sounds so open. there are only 2 accents which are both on the flams, the rest of the 16th notes plaed are all played gracefully, not ghosted but not too open like hes playing.

[Skeb100]

what a creep!but he knows how to play!

[OfficialSpektrymTV]

awesome how you do right handed then left handed, it really helps us leftys =)

[wbiro]

love drum terminology... it is clear to me here that what should be played at any given moment is what "feels" the best for the drummer- what the drummer's psyche, nerves, and muscles 'need'... but then I'm all for 'art' drumming- along with the functional first tracks to be laid down, I always make another as the very last track, and think 'art'...

[jamiegobangbang]

Yep flams need to be tighter! im not dissing your playing at all (before i get hounded with hate mail!!) I spent 12 years in a pipe band and flams are one of the most common used rudiments in side drumming! but should be played tighter than that. Great sounding snare you have!!!

Keep up the great vids!!!!

much love and peace x

[420jaymac]

agreed

[quesokonraton]

I agree with the forgemen. i think that flam is too open, sounds like 16th notes. I have seen that some rudiment solists do more "thin" flams.

It doesent mean you are a bad teacher. You make good video classes

[55k666]

ha ha daddy funk xD

[PositivelyBored]

It doesn't matter how fast you play it, it's how it applies to what you are doing. slow down!! 60bpm highest to start. work every technique you know.. Low strokes, moeller, french, German everything in between.

Try accenting the e's, then the ah's after you begin getting that balance and feel going! and make musical phrases...not just a barrage of flam frenzy...unless you are at a music store trying to impress people... :)

[memo182]

applications on the drumset plz

[BCDPRODUCTIONS1234]

Use your imagination, just move the Rudiment around

[TheForgemen]

This is a nice video, however your flams sound like 16th notes.

[FrameSticker]

What's difficult for me on this rudiment is to get the flam as clean in higher tempos as in low. I can play the flam, but it doesn't come the way I want it to do and usually the right handed flams and the left handed flams sound unequal.

What should I do to practice it?

[mjgaffney1]

hey man Ive played all types of music from drum corps to hardcore to funk. the best way to practice any rudiment is slow to fast to slow speed up as you go and as soon as you mess up start over and do this until you can smoothly transition from very very slow to as fast as you can play that specific rudiment.

-best of luck

[jakethesnakey]

hahahah ! australlien ! hes the most british guy ive ever heard. ENGLAND!!

[tooner18]

I found that there are quadruple strokes within this rudiment. Right plays one (an a 2 e). Left plays two (an a 1 e). Likewise the flam tap is triple stroke even though the sound of the rudiment is in 2s.

[Thegibolin]

Crystal clear explanations, thanks for sharing! Keep groovin'!

[dalbyonemanband]

my aim is to flam paradiddle at 120 bpm..try it!

[griffdrummer]

Try 160.

[isaacleedrums]

I was hoping to see it up tempo. Thanks though.

[BerlingtonC]

just get your triple strokes down and this is not bad.

[hebronsawyers]

SIMON PEGG!

[ephr123]

that's Australian not British...

[w9jon]

no that is british

[Bonnaroo10klmf]

i wish I had your accent lol

[lemonite1]

you can get flam paradiddles REALLY fast!! learn lRL, then lRLR, then lRLRR. Repeat with the left. keep gracies at 1", taps 5", accents 9". to build strength, learn RRRRLLLLs. keep rebound strokes straight down, straight up. No upstrokes!!! No extra movement.keep flam sound open, don't spank the flams, aim for nice 'chuu' sound. pull flam sound out of head. Should sound like a choo choo train. practice slow, then medium, then fast, then go for fighter pilot speed!!

[favredabest]

you are funny looking

[batackoiv]

thanks brother  drums bless you

[josnschmosn]

thank u very much!!!

[theused4lifebaby]

i think its overexaggerated but you dont know until you try!

[mofro2058]

why do they always have the dam british accent!

[Cameraniac]

i thought he was Australian lol

[b3nnj1]

a flamadiddle need not be exaggerated

[xhaos950]

I'd say that your flam isn't very tight, but that's coming from a background in marching... I understand that drumset is more groovy and about "feel".

The rudiment is well explained, though.

[KanuZankoro]

Hello, I'm Daddy FunK!

Lol your accent is amazing, name even better, and drumming is beast!!

[xBlubb182x]

my teacher always wants to play it...but I don't think it's the most difficult rudiment...

[MatMDQss]

how do we use this? ..  i mean can the flam be spread or what =S

[cholaskelly]

wow! nice lesson, explained really well!

thanks!

[1856hfx]

Daddy Funk? good explanation of the rudiment, what about its application.

[moneyequalspower]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaa­aasssssyyyyyyy.... Do a video on how to incorporate it into the kit ;)

[hancunningham]

Really hard at first but sounds cool when u master it looool.

[x2bnex2me]

You just scrambled my brain with that one.

[trixwivstix]

Flamadiddle? say what you hear, hear what you say.

[chiccocapiozzo77]

Can I help you for correct flam paradiddle? If You can see Philly Jo Jones in youtube, for exemple, he play flam very near and a sound is great...your is particular bat not "great"...and your hand is only down..with respect...

[ltaoklazteck]

wow!!! he's got an OC drumkit whoaa!! =D that's pretty cooool!

[Priszona]

eh..HEloow im daddy funk xD

[Jawbreaker2237]

why do they call you Daddy Funk >.>

[italiarovinata]

Hi daddyfunk,

this rudiment is always difficult for the beginners and sometimes for advanced drummers because it contains three strokes for each hand.

When I learn this rudiment to my students I prepare them for a week or more playing three stroke rolls.

Anyway, the third note must be played as a ghost, so it isn't exactly a three stroke roll but such exercise helps a lot.

More, in my experience flam-paradiddle must be learned as a completely different rudiment than single-paradiddle.

Ciao!

[italiarovinata]

@ daddyfunk: excuse my bad english,

I wrote "learn" but I meant "teach", so the correct phrases are: "when I TEACH this rudiment", and "flam-paradiddle" must be teached as..."

Ciao!

[sralive]

Really like they way u teach and explain exercises. Keep up the good work and thanks for posting some excellent grooves/chops.

Regards

from Shawn in Detroit,MI

[juandv93]

what a extrange ocdp tom

[outsider45]

thats a sick drum kit!!! omg hes so cool, im subscribing!

[tumadreesunlibro]

awesome lesson! Sweet stuff daddy funk!

[sictm]

Really very well explanation

thxs ;D

[gerdturd]

you pretty good...i love your accent lol

[reggaecracker]

your a cool cat....

[ceing91]

Yo Daddy Funk! love de way u talk! and great sounding snare drums! flam paradiddles = COOL! ^^

[rocknrollin109]

tHaNkS aLoT i PlAyEd It FiRsT tYm!

[daddyfunk3]

Anytime Markson007

! I'd LoVe togive You a Proper LesSoN, I'm based in Bournemouth~get the Number from one of My Web  Sites.

Cheers,

*** The OriGinal Daddy FuNk ***

[Markson007]

hi daddy funk! yo am enjoying ur lessons. I think i need to learn some groves and rolls from u. U R GOOOOOOOOOD!!! safe Daddy funk

[daddyfunk3]

Hi utubeworms !!! I'm glad You're enjoying this ExCellent Rudiment! Good isn't it!

The Toms on My Kit are Orange County Custom "Short Stack" Toms.....10" by 5" & 12" by 5".

ThaNks for the Comment!

*** The Original Daddy FuNk ***

[utubeworms]

Very excellent instruction. I will practice this a lot since when I just did it on my practice pad I can see that it is an excellent rudiment. Hey, what kind of tom toms are those? They are very short and almost look like snare drums.

[daddyfunk3]

Hi there bennygud, I'm Very Glad you Enjoy My Drum LesSoNs!! ThaNk YOU!

There Will be MORE coming in 2008 & I'm LoOking forward to Filming them!

Greeting My Swedish Friend! South~Coast~UK Salutes YOU!

*** SiMoN The Original Daddy FuNk ***

[bennygud]

Daddy Funk, I love your lessons and your style as well. Keep rocking those drums, greets from Sweden!

[ratzefuj]

like your snare damn much!

[Andythefunkman]

VERY GOOD LESSON AND TEACHER. COME ON!

[drumz29]

If you play the main note from a lower stick hieght you achieve a faster tempo.

[lheafhar]

keep drumming

[17drums]

Another EXCELLENT addition to the series! Keep 'em coming!

[automap]

You seem like a great teacher.

[kevkev44]

ZOMG DADDY FUNK

[buecher123]

thank u!

[pukka99]

I think he LOVES this rudiment.

[JohnStark]

I've always known them as a "flamadiddle"

[Spacecowboyy]

i think this is a little different from a flamadiddle.

his goes flam-right-left-left flam-left-right-right. a flamdiddle would go flam-right-left-right flam-left-right-left, i think.

[JohnStark]

i'm not sure, it might just be different names for the same thing! I would call yours something like a fliddlepara :P (rudiment words are sooo silly)

[Spacecowboyy]

maybe wrong, i don't know. whatever, hahaha.

[derbeno]

Thanks from a Conga Player

[maxilious]

You dont have to stick every note in a flam-paradiddle.

[conjigalo]

could you put a video up of how you would apply it around the kit please?

[Elrigs]

Very nice explanation