Flam Tap Menu

A development of the straight flam rudiment that involves adding in additional notes between the flam.

Taking the eighth note version of the rudiment and adding feet ostinati as quarter notes. A good co ordination challenge.

Taking the eighth note version of the rudiment and adding feet ostinati as quavers. Another good co ordination challenge.

Taking the sixteenth note version of the rudiment and adding feet ostinati as crotchets. Another good co ordination challenge.

Taking the sixteenth note version of the rudiment and adding feet ostinati as crotchets. Another good co ordination challenge.

Switching the feet to patterns that mimic level 0 grooves.

A very straight forward orchestration of the flam tap designed to get your hands moving around the kit.

Changing the voicing of a flam tap every numbered count.

An orchestration concept that involves the grace notes of the rudiment moving around the kit and the accents staying on the snare.

A simple orchestration where the grace notes stay on the snare and all others move around the kit.

Changing the voicing of a sixteenth note flam tap on every '+' count.

Creating more complicated orchestrations that move around the kit in odd groupings.

Changing the voicing of a flam tap every numbered count.

A lesson on adding quarter note accents to a flam tap.

A development of the straight flam based rudiment that involves switching the base rhythm.

Adding feet to the flam tap as triplets.

A simple orchestration of this syncopated flam tap rhythm.

A simple orchestration of this syncopated flam tap rhythm.