Get Flash Player to see this player. The Single Flam can be played 3 ways; alternating, all RH or all LH. Let's look at alternating first, as practicing any rudiment alternating lead ensures that the hands develop at an even rate. The accented stroke is obviously louder than the non accented grace note. To ensure that you get these two distinct volume levels and that the grace note gets to the drum before the accent, drop the RH from full stroke position, the LH from tap stroke position. Drop the sticks at the same time and you should get a "bda", split sound. Then do the opposite, drop the LH from full stroke, RH from tap stroke, this gives you a left flam. It's up to you how close you play the two strokes to each other. For example, in classical snare drumming they play them very close together, almost crushed, whereas on the drumkit between toms or between toms and snare, they sound great split wide apart.

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