Percussion rudiment of the advanced variety.
Extraordinarily difficult for young hands to play because, once again, there are severe control issues involved. The levels within this rudiment are very important so that the accented
flams and
inner beats are clearly delineated.
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1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
X=flam /=inner beats Capital letter=accent hand on flam
lower case letter=unflammed inner beats
These are difficult for a
snare line playing on
Tendura or
Falam heads because each
grace note is hard to pin down timing-wise.
Tenors can have a ball with these because they sound really weird when moved around the drums.