Flattened Flam Rudiments For Better Drum Solos
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Ever wondered about Todd Sucherman’s pre-game warmup? Every drummer has their own go-to vocabulary, whether it comes out on the practice pad or it’s injected into a pattern on the kit.
Todd filmed a drum solo at Drumeo a few years ago, and in this video you’ll see some of the cool rudiments he used to build it: flam accents, pataflaflas (“fun to say, fun to play”), and flam taps. Once you have the motions, try playing them in succession on the toms and other sound sources.
About Todd:
Todd Sucherman is a highly sought-after drummer for sessions, clinics, and drum festivals. He is most well known for his work with the band Styx. On top of recording several top 50 albums with Styx and playing an average of 100 dates a year, Todd has recorded over 1,000 radio and TV spots and has worked with a wide variety of artists such as Peter Cetera, Brian Culbertson, Spinal Tap, Michael Bolton, and many more. Todd won the Modern Drummer Magazine Reader’s poll for #1 Educational DVD and #1 Rock Drummer in 2009, #1 Progressive Rock Drummer in 2015, and #1 Clinician in DRUM! Magazine in both 2009 and 2015.
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Todd is just as good of a teacher as he is an amazing drummer!
Agreed!
Thanks for all you guys do at Drumeo!
You are very welcome. 🙂
Freakin' Awesome!! Been working on my flam rudiments lately and seeing you put them all together so musically is crazy inspiring - I'm on it!!
Me too guys!!
Todd and Rod are my favorite drum educators! Àlways learn something new, yet basic and very musical!
Love what your doing Todd for all of us greener Drummers. Drumeo Rock's and your so awesome to bring us great lessons. You always help me out with rudiments and how to make them fun to practice,so thank you again and please never give up on any of us trying to play smarter and learning how to sound more clean or how to sound more professional. Your the one to watch and learn from,for real I mean that from my heart . ☮️ Rikk 👀🔥🥁😎
Tony STARK?
Yes
Amazing... You make it look easy Todd!
Anyone that's dislikes Todd's videos should be made to post a video of themselves out playing him, haha. Won't happen! Todd you are awesome and 'Thank you' for all the information and instruction.
Basically playing in unison is "flattening". Learned something new today!!!
Bill Peart he never explained what flattening is
Same.
Yes I thought the same ... Space between the two notes of flam decreases and that is flattening, I think..!!
...Or a "double stop."
Flattening is the same rudiment without the accent.
It's simply one of the tastiest solos ever by one of the best drummers in the world.
Just awesome! Looking forward to seeing them (him) in Cleveland next month.
Go Browns too!!! 🏈🤘🤠🤘🏈
Coolest use of flams I have ever seen! Thanks for sharing!
Killer lesson. Uping my game with this action
Thanks for the lesson, Todd.
Great stuff, Todd! Really fluent there, as well. Thanks. Now, if I could just firgure out exactly HOW your toms are arranged so close and perfectly, I could die in peace.😎
😂
Love this. What a cool groove he gets with this
The great Mr. Todd Sucherman 👍👍👍
Honestly I don't always flatten out flams when they're played between two different drums - sometimes it sounds thicker spaced apart, depending on what the song calls for.
flatten or fatten
@@alexanderdeschutter8820 the age old question
Sometimes playing the actual flam is a better sound. Set players play a different type of flam than rudimental or drum corps guys play. With set players, the grace note is played at almost the volume of the primary note, where in drum corps, the grace note is very soft. Two different scenarios, two different sounds. Drum corps flams really have no use in set playing. Like you, I would prefer actually using notes that are not played simultaneously.
wait so is it decreasing the space between the two notes and making them sound more like double stops or taking away the accent
Love that practice pad/drum item. Need one of those cause these gum rubber ones suck.
Do you have idea of name of this pad/drum?
@@kirillkachanov
It's Basicly a small drum shell with a mash drum head
Instant click and like when I see Todd.
I don't even like Styx but I appreciate him as a drummer. I think he's one of the most talented in the business today
Wow! Excellent. I use flam accents and flam taps for many applications. I play 4 flam accents followed by 4 flam taps for a warm-up. I could never come up with a way to use the pataflaflas. Can't way to apply that rudiment to my set.
There are so many things you can do with flams! Have fun taking them to the kit. :)
Damn that’s smooth
What a beast!
Fantastic!! Thanks for sharing!
Pala Casino? Wanted to go but couldn't make it. Great video Todd!
Todd is so awesome!!!
Master, thank so much !
Very Nice
Todd is the man!
Please make a video on which legendary drummers i should listen to. I grew up in an environment where I didn't get much exposure to drumming. I need some inspiration at least in basic genres.
PLEASE.
Anurag Ekka start and finish with Todd Sucherman
I would to see Mr. Sticky Wicket at Drumeo please
rob turner go go penguin pls get him in! so much talent!
What's the diff between a pataflafla and a flamacue? Love you dude! Love Styx!
I think I got it?
i hope drumeo can invite jason rullo from symphony x. so we can study other influence in drumming..
wait so is it decreasing the space between the two notes and making them sound more like double stops or taking away the accent
Muy interesante.
What is the name of the practice pad he is using.
Hi I've been playing the drums since July 29 2018 I'm a good drummer I'm getting better I practice . I'm working on fills right now what are some simple fills that I can start with
Reminds me of learning flamacues
Todd for President
I always called the pataflafla a "flammed samba" XD
What kind of Pad is that
What’s that drum he’s playin on?
What does it mean to flatten them? Also I've heard those referred to as Swiss army triplets. That second part is neither here nor there, just what I was told.
A "flattened flam" means rather than playing the two notes with a bit of a space to create the "flam" sound, you just play them together. :)
To flatten them means to play the flam closer together where you hear 1 note almost as opposed to more open where you hear 2 distinctive notes. You can also open the flam more to almost make it not even sound like a flam anymore. It's cool to play around with closing and opening flams to produces a different vibe.
Swiss Army Triplets are played RRL or LLR with the flam on the first note. In this video he is alternating sticking (RLR LRL) and simply putting a flam on the downbeat. Hope this helps!
Great drummer but why is the tape on his fingers for? Blisters?
Is that a practice pad?😮
Can also add hybrid rudiments to the flams to make them "Cheese's" and "flam 5's"
but what is a flattend flam?
What kind of pad is that???
Stark are you?
Ok but can you write me what is the sticking?? 2 flam and a double stroke or??
Maybe I can help. The “Flam Accent” is all hand to hand. || Rt(flam) L R - Lt(flam) R L :|| The Patty Fla Fla is all hand to hand sticking.... Rt(flam) L R Lt(flam) - Rtflam) L R Lt(flam)... The Flam Tap is... || Rt(flam) R Lt(flam) L :|| I hope this helps.
Uhhhh, where do I get that shirt??!?!?
Hello good video but it would be better if you had aldo do this starting slow for let us (beginner and intermediate)understand how it works
French Johnfrench slow the video down and rewatch as many times as you need
Also google the rudiments... Practise them...come back to the video..slow it down as chance said. We got work to do as well.
Fuck me this guy's good.
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I'm flambergasted.
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I think there's no reason to relearn years of practicing flams using this other technique; just play the flam as is on two surfaces and enjoy the result.
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Flamtastic hahaha
Cool, but it would be even better with Vic Firth sticks :P
His left hand French grip is so ackward looking to me. But the technique is killer
Todd doesn't play French grip, he plays traditional grip (also known as conventional grip or orthodox grip) with underhand left (palm up) and overhand right (palm down). French grip, like German grip, is a matched grip. That is, both hands play overhand. With German grip, the sticks are held at 90 degrees to one another, palms down and thumbs on the side of the fulcrum. With French grip, the sticks are held parallel to one another, palms facing each other and thumbs on top of the fulcrum. German grip is generally more powerful than French grip, however French grip allows much more finesse with much greater finger control.
The sole purpose of the traditional grip is purely to make it easier to play a side drum; a marching drum slung on your left and tilted forwards. If you were to try playing a side drum with a matched grip, your left elbow would be forced out and up to shoulder height, which quickly becomes uncomfortable. But with traditional grip, your left elbow stays low and close to the body where it belongs.
@@PCForrest yeah I'm a snare player and know what traditional grip is, I also play a lot of jazz drumming which also often uses some variation on traditional grip. However traditional grip right hand is typically not played with thumb on top of fulcrum which is why I compared it to French grip. However since it is held a 90°(really more like 50-60° for drum set) you are right it would be closer to a German grip/traditional hybrid
Too bad he's hurting himself so much that bandaids on his fingers are necessary to play loud. Does call into question his technique...
X enprovence when you get on his level of super kickass master drummer.. you can let us know