Advanced Drum Lessons : How to Practice Flam & Flam Accents on Drums

Practice flam and flam accents on drums; learn how with tips from our expert drummer and drum instructor in this free drumming video music lesson.

Expert: James Roland Colonna
Bio: James Roland Colonna was accepted into the MSU school of music in 1999 and was on the MSU drumline from 99-02.
Filmmaker: Robert Rogers

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Entertainment

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• drums
• rhythm
• percussion

[Sam7121181856]

thats not a grandma. a grandma is a parradiddle tap with left accents.... i love false shit lol

[davss5]

I'm a left-handed drummer, too - although I learned to play on a right-handed drumset...if you're doing a simple paradiddle (L R L L R L R R), then there is actually EQUAL practice for both the right hand and left hand...and you may find (with practice) that you can start the paradiddle with your (stronger) left hand (L R L L R L R R) or with your (weaker) right hand (R L R R L R L L)...

my advice is for you to seek to include using your weaker right hand (cymbal hits, etc.)...

[libertynindependence]

I'm just trying to figure out where it talks about flams, and flam accents???

[fatty2346578]

@Sam7121181856 Actually a grandma is a Paradiidle with the non-leading hand accented, i.e. rLrr lRrr

[ToaKopaka44]

click here 0:01

[ceana27]

thanks this helps my flams a ton with deese paradiddles

[Lilldrummer97]

What kind of drum pad are you using

[nicrocks93]

@wheelholder12

Dude I hate to say this, but obviously you don't understand rudiments, A paradiddle Is Rlrr, or Lrll

This is one of the original 26 rudiments.

And Accent on the first beat with the sticking Rlrr or Lrll. That is the only thing that is a true Paradiddle.

[wheelholder12]

you realize a paradiddle is four 16th notes it doesn't matter whether you are playing rlrr or rlrl or rllr or rrlror rrll.you should be able to close your eyes and hear nothing but 16th notes. Now if you have a crash coming off a fill you should play it so the first beat of the crash is the first beat of the next diddle .this is called stick control. try playing 16th note flammed paradiddle not to be confused with flam paradiddles.All flams in the style of a paradiddle F f F F F f F F

[davss5]

@wheelholder12 Again, I agree with you...a "better-prepared" drummer will learn to start (etc.) with the weaker hand - although at times I may do double-strokes (in a fill) to "get back on track" if I happen start with my weaker hand (which may be helpful if I want to hit a certain cymbal on a certain side of the kit)...I recently read that Chester Thompson expects his students to play the same things with BOTH hands...as a left-hander, I actually like making my weaker right hand work more...

[wheelholder12]

@davss5 yes I agree but when they play they will always start with their dominant hand. If you are a lefty,everything you play is easier because you always start with your left.Try starting with your right and you will be at a loss.It will ,at first ,be like trying to walk again. The way I learned to correct this is to play everything from my weaker hand.Its not that the hand is weaker its that you never start with it. Play single paradiddles mixed with paradiddle-diddles

[davss5]

@wheelholder12 Thanks for your comments...I can agree with you - although the "right"/"left" term has probably been determined by the kit set-up/direction...I've seen many drummers who favor one hand (most often the right hand for right-handed persons) and seem to underuse the other/weaker hand...perhaps due to my penchant for balance and symmetry, I enjoy watching drummers who use BOTH hands (e.g., ghost notes, cymbal hits, etc.) - e.g., Weckl, Titiz, Royster, Greb, etc....thanks again...