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Flam-a-doodles I-III

Karlyn Mason
Flam-a-doodle 1: Breaking down the Flam Tap 
Key: = legato stroke (make sure to differentiate between accented and unaccented).
Step 1: Repeat LH alone, Step 2: Repeat RH alone = down stroke 
Step 3: Hands together (check for consistent stick height). = up stroke 
                       

               

Flam Tap
               
                                             
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            
               

R R L L R R L L R R L L R R L L R R L L R R L L R R L L R R L L

Flam-a-doodle II: Breaking down the Flam Accent


Same steps as above.
         
     
 3   3   3   3 

3 3 3 3

                       
             
 3   3  3   3  3   3 

3 3

                        

Flam Accent
 3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3
   
                
           
       

R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L

 3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3
   
            
   


               
  

R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L

Flam-a-doodle III: Breaking down the Flam-a-diddle


Same steps as above.
         
           
                             
Flam-a-diddle
       
                                         


        
R L R R L R L L R L R R L R L L R L R R L R L L R L R R L R L L

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2 The Oddly Even Triplet
q=120-180

    
R L R L R L R L R L R L R R L sim. R L L sim.

   


R L R L R L R L R L R R L R L R L R L R L R L R L L R L L R L L R L L R

                        
L R R L R R L R R L R R L R L R L R L R L R L L

The Oddly Even Quintuplet


q=72-108 Show grouping


  
R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L L R R L R R L L R L L R R L R R L L

5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

   


R R L R R L L R L L R R L R R L L R L L R R L L R L L R R L R R L L R L L R R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L

5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

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