FLAMS
14. Flams! The trick to playing flams is to drop the ghost note and whip it back
up from the beginning of the upstroke position. Keep your bass drum on the
accented note and make sure to start slow, and play a solid accent.  In the
VIDEO I start out with single flam lR  rL  lR  rL , then  double stroke
lRRrLLlRRrLL , then the triplet rLRLlRLRrLRLlRLR. After that, the swiss
army triplets lRRLlRRLlRRlRRl   and rLLRrLLRrLLRrLLR.  Last of all the
hardest flam of all, the paradiddle flam.  lRLRRrLRLLlRLRRrLRLL . Remember
to just drop the drumstick and then whip it back up on the note before the
accent.
DRAG RUDIMENTS
15. The Drag rudiments! Just like the flam rudiments, the drag rudiments have to
be practiced very slow at first with great care taken to hand positioning to ensure
the proper playing of the ghost notes. These are, in my opinion, the most
difficult rudiments and certainly require the book of  essential drum rudiments.  
See VIDEO! First i play the half drag, then the full drag. In the next VIDEO I
play the most difficult drag-paradiddle.
THE 5 SINGLE STROKE EXERCISES
16. The single stroke exercises should be practiced with the bass drum on the
accents. They will greatly help to make your weaker hand capable of playing
accents and are great way to practice the MOELLER technique. First try the right
hand accent RlrlRlrlRlrl   then the left LrlrLrlrLrlr. Then the triplet RlrLrlRlrLrl .
After that try accenting the right left with two unaccented right left   left right
notes. RLrlRLrlRLrlRLrl   After that the most difficult one, accent the left right
with two unaccented left right.  LRlrLRlrLRlrLRlr
THE  DOWNSTROKE, TAP, UPSTROKE           
                       EXCERSISES
17. Apply the downstroke, stopping the drumstick an inch from the drumhead.
Next tap the drumstick stopping it an inch from the drum head. Now strike the
drumhead and let the drumstick bounce back to it's original upright position. Keep
doing the exercise slowly, switching hands every few moments.
THATS ENOUGH FOR NOW! I HOPE YOU CAN
UNDERSTAND THESE INSTRUCTIONS AND I
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LESSON # 4 AND SUMMARY
The drag paradiddle
The drags
The upstroke is started with the
drumstick about an inch from the
drumhead. It is especially important to
execute the drag and flam rudiments. The
upstroke should be practiced with and
without accents.
The  Upstroke