ISSUE #51 \__\__\___THE____/__/__/ Mar 5, 2001 _______________TEMPO DISPATCH ___________ Newsletter For Drummers and Drumming Enthusiasts Copyright Bill Powelson 2001 all rights reserved. ____________'IT'S ALL ABOUT DRUMS'_______ Tips * Tricks * Hints * Ads * Freebies * Lessons * _________NOW OVER 6,OOO SUBSCRIBERS!__________ TABLE OF CONTENTS: What is in this issue? Feature Article:    DRUMS: USING 'FLAMS' AS FILLS    2. Drum Instructors Wanted! 3. What's a BEATBUG? 4. Humor? *** WEDDING VOWS *** ______________________________________ |__________FEATURE ARTICLE___________| FLAMS AS FILLS:     A 'FILL' is a short roll-burst we might play in mid-song to 'fill-up' an otherwise dead spot in the music, between verses, etc.     The 'FLAM' is rudiment number four on the N.A.R.D list of thirteen essential rudiments.     (See the following web page for a quick exchange about the N.A.R.D, then follow the hyperlinks at the bottom of THAT page, leading to the rudiment charts . . .) http://www.studydrums.com/drummers/rudexpln.html HOW TO PLAY THE FLAM . . .     It takes both hands to play a flam, though it's only two notes, and both those notes are nearly simultaneous. DO THIS NOW . . .     Slam both sticks into the drumhead (or practice pad) at exactly the same time.  You have almost played a flam.  It's that simple!     But to do it properly . . . the first stroke of your flam should be just slightly ahead of the second.      *  Try 'sweeping' your flams from right to left, then left to right, repetitiously.    As you sweep to the left, the left stick will make contact a millisecond before the right. On the return sweep, the right hand will hit first. BUT . . . the notes will be so close together they will sound almost like ONE note.    Think of the 'sound' you want to make.    The name of the 'FLAM' is derived from the 'SOUND' you'll want to produce.    Say, "FLAM" as you play the flam . . .    Don't settle for 'FALLAM' . . . or "Fa . . .LAM"    "BLAM", might have been a better name for this rudiment!      Push the notes as close together as possible, so that they're 'almost' simultaneous . . . USING FLAMS IN A SONG:    I like to use flams as a fill when playing Blues tunes. It's really simple . . .    Just play 3 flams on the 4, 5, 6, of any rep of the Blues beat.  Return to the hat on the one count of the next repetition of the beat. (Play the flams on ANY tom or the snare.)  Experiment with it as you jam with a few great old Blues tunes.     Doing it with music MAY be the BEST medicine of all.  FLAMS VS RUFFS . . .     I feel that, as we perfect our 3-stroke Ruffs . . . the Flam becomes a sort of by-product of THAT practice.  They're very similar rudiments.     Be sure to study the 'Ruff' too, if you haven't already.     Here's a neat way to apply 'RUFFS' to rock styles, for all the paid members . . . http://207.240.40.16:82/drummers/hsdrum/td40.txt                      ENROLL NOW! BECOME A PERMANENT MEMBER AND STUDENT TODAY! Don't you owe it to yourself to learn all you can? ORDER THIS COMPLETE, 90+ LESSON, ONLINE DRUMMING COURSE, FOR ONLY $49 (In US funds.) 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Ask for details via e-mail: Bill Powelson _________________________________ |___________HUMOR? _____________| WEDDING VOWS     During his wedding rehearsal, the groom approached his pastor with an unusual offer. "I'll give you $100 if you'll change the wedding vows, and leave out the 'love, honor, obey, and forsake all others' part".   He pressed a $100 bill in the pastor's hand and walked away with a satisfied smile.     On the day of the wedding, the groom was feeling pretty pleased when the pastor got to the part where the vows are exchanged . . .    The pastor looked him in the eye and asked, "Will you promise to bow before her, obey whatever command she gives, fulfill her every wish, serve her breakfast each morning, and swear before God that you'll not look at another woman as long as you both shall live?"      The groom gulped and looked astonished, but he finally said "Yes" in a tiny voice. 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