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Flam rudiments all incorporate flams in some way or another. See Lesson 5 for an explanation of the flam.
20: Flam
20: Flam
A unaccented grace note leading into an accented primary note in the opposite hand.
"fLAM, fLAM"
21: Flam Accent
21: Flam Accent
A flam followed by two alternating strokes. The word "accent" in the title refers to the flammed note; the following notes are not accented.
"fLAM ac-cent, fLAM ac-cent"
22: Flam Tap
22: Flam Tap
A flam followed by a stroke on the same hand.
"fLAM tap, fLAM tap," etc.
23: Flamacue
23: Flamacue
A flam followed by an accent, two single strokes, and another flam on the next beat. Notice that the note immediately following the first flam is accented.
"flam-A-cue and fLAM"
24: Flam Paradiddle
24: Flam Paradiddle
A single paradiddle with a flammed initial stroke. Also sometimes called a "flamadiddle."
"fLAM-a-did-dle, fLAM-a-did-dle"
25: Single Flammed Mill
25: Single Flammed Mill
A reverse paradiddle starting with a flam.
"fLAMMED mill sin-gle, fLAMMED mill sin-gle"
26: Flam Paradiddle-diddle
26: Flam Paradiddle-diddle
A paradiddle-diddle with the first note flammed.
"fLAM-a-did-dle-did-dle, fLAM-a-did-dle-did-dle"
27: Pataflafla
27: Pataflafla
Four sixteenth note singles, with both the first and last flammed.
"PAT-a-fla-fLA, PAT-a-fla-fLA"
28: Swiss Army Triplet
28: Swiss Army Triplet
A flam tap followed by a single in the opposite hand, played in a triplet rhythm.
"sWISS ar-my tRIP-uh-let"
29: Inverted Flam Tap
29: Inverted Flam Tap
Like a flam tap, but the note following the tap is in the opposite hand.
"fLAM switch, fLAM switch", etc.
30: Flam Drag
30: Flam Drag
A flam followed by a double stroke and then a single stroke.
"fLAM dr-rr-ag, fLAM dr-rr-ag"
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