flam paradiddle-diddle

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Definition

drum rudiment in the flam rudiment group that consists of a singe grace note followed by six sixteenth notes. The sticking pattern shown below is the accepted method of performingflam paradiddle-diddle. The sticking patterns are written where "L" represents the left hand stroke and "R" the right hand stroke.
See more about flam rudiments in the Appendix.