The Pad – Exercise 6: Flam Chops

The Pad – Exercise 6: Flam Chops

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This week, we're tackling the flam. Here are some fun flam exercises to build your flam chops.

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Be careful to not accent the flams that aren’t accented. Many times, we feel the need to hit a flam harder than its surrounding strokes … because it just seems to feel right. However, work on playing the flams the same volume as the other non-accented strokes. Build that stick control!

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Publisher of OnlineDrummer.com, Alfred Publishing author, Ddrum artist, and veteran Drum! Magazine contributor, Nate holds a Bachelor of Arts in Education from John Carroll University and a Master of Arts in Education from the University of Findlay.

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