Rudiment: Basic Flam

Now, here's an important rudiment that all good drummers SHOULD know: the flam. This is the basic one which you'll need to know if you want to progress in the rudiment system.

Here is a measure of alternating drum flam:



So, as you can see, the flam stroke is two notes being played as though they are one. The first one is smaller to indicate that it is played at a lower volume and the second one is played at a normal volume. Now, what you're supposed to do is play the notes a little off-set so that they sound fatter.