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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||   > >   >  |  >   > >  |    > >    |  > >   >   ||
||:  X X / X  |  X / X X  |  / X X /  |  X X / X  :||
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     R R l L     L r R R     l L L r     R R l L 
     
     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.