26 Ways to Apply the Standard Rudiment to the Drumset In this article we’ll take the flamacue rudiment and apply it to the drumset. Let’s start by playing the flamacue on the snare. Now play it in 3/4. Notice that the right hand outlines a steady quarter-note pulse. Let’s put that quarter-note pulse on the hi-hat. This time, play the quarter-note pulse down the toms. You can fill in the last 8th note of the measure with the bass drum. Now, while playing an ostinato with the feet, play the flamacue with the right hand on the floor tom and the left hand on the rack tom. Here’s a way to use the flamacue as a fill. Here’s what that fill looks like when phrased as 16th notes and applied at the end of a groove in 4/4. (The flamacue fill begins on the “&” of beat 3.) If you […]

February 2014 Issue