Great clips Mendoza....
I love the flamaddile lick. Always one of my fav's. Your added subdivision just opened me up to some other stuff brooooooooooo! Thaaaaaaaanks
First of all YOU KNOW I'm humbled by this statement right here!!!!!!!! Especially coming from Calvin, so praise God for that and I'm glad I've opened up some stuff for you, that's the whole point of this. Spreading knowledging and now it's time to expand on that knowledge and make it your own!!!
That Flamadiddle lick of yours sparks a Flam 5 in quintuplet form... the 5th or added left also causes a Reverse Inverted Flam Tap placed on the following Flamadiddle.
You are really shedding some light (no pun of Steve Holmes DVD title) on the power of the ABCs (Rudiments) of drumming.
BRAVO!!!!!
Sabe!!!!!!! You're absolutely right!!!!! I never thought of it like that, but that's what it is. Wow man, you need to write a book or something because you are such an intelligent man for real. The main thing that we all need to understand is that when approaching these new concepts/rudiments we need to be patient with our practicing. In addition to that we need to understand HOW to practice. What we need to ask is, what are the motions involved here. Is it a Full stroke, is it a tap, is it an up-stroke, is it a down stroke, how is my body moving during these exercises, rudiments, etc. Is it flowing what do I need to do to prepare for the next stroke. These are just the technical sides of it. When you become comfortable with this, then it becomes, how much touch do I need to make it sound legato, stacatto, marcatto. What colors am I seeing as an artist when I play these rhythms, phrases, etc. That's the level that I want to be at consistently. Let's not look at these "rudiments" as an exercise or something cool to play. Let's use them wisely and more importantly musically. Take care and God Bless. Again I am humbled by
ALL of your comments!!!
Carlito
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