A quick lesson on the Tap Flam Rudiment. Check out my blog here: www.DrummerEtc.com and my You Tube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/DrummerEtc?feature=mhee To pick up a copy of my book "Functioning In Time", go here: http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/functioning-in-time/15926951... read more...

Today’s lesson will take a look at a rudiment called the Flam Paradiddle. I’ll break the sticking down and then show you a few ways to use it as a warm-up on the kit. Enjoy!  ... read more...

In this lesson I will break down and explain the Flamacue. Enjoy!... read more...

Here's a little flam pattern you can try:Rhythm: 16th Notes (Broken)Sticking: F RL RL F, RL RL F, F RL RL F, RL RL F Chart: ... read more...

Hello Billy Ashbaugh here with DrummerConnection.com and today I'm going to share a fill with you. This is a fill that I've showed a lot of students over the years and a lot of them really seem to gravitate toward it and like it a lot, so I'm going to break it down and show you what it is. Basically, it starts with a flam one beat one with the right hand on the floor tom and the left hand on the snare. Now this fill is phrased in 16th notes, so the flam is the downbeat and you're going... read more...

Here's a nice warm up shown to me by a friend. It uses the Flam Accent sticking, but it is phrased as 16th notes. Example #1 - Flam Accent Review Example #2 - Sticking Pattern Slow Example #3 - Full Warm Up & Example #4 - Flam Warm Up #1 @ 115 bpm     ... read more...

Here's a look at the Flam Accent followed by a warm up exercise I like to use.     Example #1 - Flam Accent Slow       Example #2 - Warm Up Exercise @ 120 bpm       ... read more...

This is example of the Flam Tap and how I use it as a warm-up.   Hello Billy Ashbaugh here with DrummerConnection.com and today we're going to look at the Flam Tap. Now, I posted a lesson recently on the Alternating Flam where we're going to do a right and left flam and get use to raising the other stick up ready for that primary accented note. Now I chose the Flam Tap next because it fits in perfectly with this already existing rudiment. With the Right Flam, as you st... read more...

Here's an introduction to the Flam and Alternating Flam. Hello Billy Ashbaugh here with DrummerConnection.com and today I want to share with you the Flam. Understanding the Flam and playing them around the drum set can really add a whole new dimension to your playing. It's a wonderful rudiment to explore. With that being said, there are several different exercises and or rudiments that involve the flam. We'll be covering a lot of them in the lessons to come, both here and out in the... read more...

When in the woodshed one can often come up with some really weird stuff. Here I'm keeping time with my feet while playing a flam pattern on top. It makes for a really cool tribal beat when the two finally come together. ... read more...