The Swiss army triplet – alongside 13 other drum rudiments – was added to the standard 26 American drum rudiments in 1984 by the Percussive Arts Society. This new set of drum rudiments would later be known as the 40 international drum rudiments. In the video, Lionel Duperron teaches you how to play and practice the Swiss army triplet and how to incorporate it into drum beats and drum fills. More »
This free drum lesson is all about the flam paradiddle-diddle (also known as flamadiddle-diddle), a very cool pattern from the flam family of drum rudiments. The flam paradiddle-diddle is a great option for working on triplet based drum beats, drum fills, and solo patterns.
In the video, rudimental pro Lionel Duperron teaches you how to play the flam paradiddle-diddle and how to incorporate it into creative drum beats and drum fills. More »
In this free drum lesson we’ll be taking a look at the single flammed mill, another pattern from the flam family of drum rudiments that encompasses paradiddle drum rudiments. This single paradiddle on the single flammed mill is actually a reversed single paradiddle, which is also known as a single mill. In the video, Lionel Duperron teaches you how to play the single flammed mill, and how to apply it to the drum set through a couple of creative drum beats and drum fills. More »
The flam paradiddle (also known as the flamadiddle) is another pattern from the flam family of drum rudiments, and the one you’ll learn how to play in this free drum lesson. In the video, Lionel Duperron gives you some tips on how to practice the flam paradiddle, and on how to incorporate it into drum beats and drum fills. More »
In this free drum lesson, Lionel Duperron teaches you how to play the flamacue, a pattern from the flam family of drum rudiments. He shows you how to play and practice the flamacue, and how to use it within drum beats and drum fills for coming up with unique and creative patterns. More »
The next flam based drum rudiment we’ll be taking a look at is the flam accent. In this free drum lesson, Lionel Duperron guides you every step of the way, while you learn how to execute the flam accent accurately on a single surface. He also shows you how to use the flam accent for coming up with creative drum fills and drum beats. More »
This next free drum lesson is on one of the flam based drum rudiments, the flam tap. The flam tap is basically an 8th note double stroke roll whose first stroke is flammed. For helping you master the flam tap, Lionel Duperron came up with this very cool free drum lesson. Here, you’ll learn how to play and practice the flam tap, and better yet, how to apply it creatively to your drum beats and drum fills. More »
Welcome to the free drum lesson on one of the most important drum rudiments from the 40 drum rudiments, the flam. The flam is used in every style of music and is a hard rudiment to play with quality. In this video, Lionel Duperron teaches you how to master the flam and how to apply it to the drum set with a couple of drum beats and drum fills. More »
The single paradiddle-diddle is the last pattern from the paradiddle family of drum rudiments and the main pattern featured in the “Motown drum fill” – one of the greatest drum fills of all time, which was made famous by the great late Motown house drummer “Benny” Benjamin. The single paradiddle-diddle incorporates features from the single paradiddle and the double paradiddle. In this free drum lesson, Lionel Duperron takes the single paradiddle-diddle to the practice pad and breaks it down for you, so you can see exactly how to execute it. He then takes the single paradiddle-diddle to the drum set to demo a couple of drum beats and drum fills that make use of it. More »
The herta is a hybrid drum rudiment from the single stroke family of drum rudiments. It’s made up of two fast singles followed by two slower singles. It’s often described as being a single stroke double or a single stroke drag, since the two fast singles sound pretty much like a double or a drag, respectively. In this free drum lesson, South Africa’s drummer extraordinaire Cobus Potgieter, alongside his trustworthy side kick Jared Falk, teaches you how to play and practice the herta, and how to apply it specifically within drum fills. More »
