How to play Flammus by SCV - Flam Exercise for Snare Drummers

Welcome Today we will learn How to Play Flammus by the SCV drumline.
In this video, we will be walking you through the steps to play this popular flam exercise on the snare drum.
Flam accents and flam drags are essential skills for any drummer, and Flammus by SCV is a great exercise to improve your technique and precision.
Whether you're practising for a drumline audition, looking to improve your skills on the snare drum, or looking for practice pad exercises this exercise is a must-know
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Geoff Fry is a UK based professional drummer, educator author and clinician.
Geoff marched with the Blue Devils and The Cadets and served as tenor tech with The Bluecoats. He now leads 'The Percussion Theatre' and teaches and performs across the globe.
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[@DennisJohnsonDrummer]

Probably one of the most played segments in D.C.I. transcriptions. Thanks for posting.

[@FreestyleRudiments]

Thanks Dennis, very true SCV have created a few iconic pad exercises that have stood the test of time.

[@Cadensellner37]

It’s always this or the ditty 😂

[@DennisJohnsonDrummer]

@@Cadensellner37 And now whatever the Blue Coasts are playing in the lot. Funny how things change over time.

[@amatillo7333]

Ram 95, Syvatte, Queso, DOUBLE D

[@americanspirit8932]

Excellent instructor. Your execution is spot on. I started drum when I was a Cadet at Mount Saint Joseph Military Academy. The cadets from West Point would come teach our Drum Corps. One Cadet would teach the drum section the other Cadet that would come would teach the brass line. I was a snare drummer, this was back in the mid fifties that's how I started to learn, how to drum correctly. I was a member of the Floyd Bennett golden eagles 1960 and 1961, then a member of the Long Island sunrises 1964 through 1968. Anybody that wants to learn to be a competitive drummer you do a great job and you are a great instructor. I strongly recommend anybody that wants to learn to play snare drunk correctly you are the person to teach them. A good dear friend of mine that is no longer with us, John dowling, he has taught many of the top drum lines in the nation, he is the person that developed back sticking and toilet for the first time to the Air Force drum quartet, they came in first place, the judges were flabbergasted and the audience couldn't believe what they were witnessing I believe the year was around 1960 he is in the drum c o r p s Hall of Fame he has won many individual snare drum competitions as well as drum cortech and he has taught some of the top drum lines in the nation . Today is January 22nd 2024. Thank you for posting all the clips that you put out, I try to watch as many as possible when I can God bless you and your family

[@FreestyleRudiments]

this is awesome, thanks for watching. you must have seen the full progression happen over the last 60 years!

[@glim3125]

Roughly 20 years ago a friend tried to teach me this. I was barely starting out and couldn't do it and I never really thought to come back to it once I was more prepared. The other day I was recommended a Flammus video and I starting thinking how ridiculous it was that I never learned it. So of course, I go to your channel and voila, there it is. Learned it incredibly fast thanks to your help. Thank you!

[@patrickgrange3264]

Thank you! I've been trying this one for many months, but they play it so fast! You're an excellent teacher!!!

[@Doc2rjae07]

Amazing lesson and breakdown, I truly appreciate this lesson, much strength to you🙏🏾

[@FreestyleRudiments]

Glad it was helpful! thanks

[@rrzamudio]

Another fire lesson, Geoff! This one is fun and flowing. Thanks so much. 🤙🏼

[@DanielHill115]

Best exercise ever created

[@bobbyboygaming2157]

I'm gonna have to try this out, I have been so unmotivated to practice, this looks like it might be more fun for me

[@sebastiancorbett1790]

This guy should definitely get more subs and views! The video quality and effort are great! Learned so many snare breaks and rudiments from these lessons. Thank you for spending the time to break these down. If you could please transcribe some madison scouts snare parts (2022 PLS!!!) that would be awesome since there are so few

[@louise_truth1240]

Pls do shake hands with beef tutorial pls much love to your channel

[@agnelopicardo1951]

This was fab !!!! thankyou so much

[@jakestoneshow]

Thanks for this one mate! cheers

[@openheartsopenmindsopenmou2322]

Great job teaching very easy to follow!🔥

[@FreestyleRudiments]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks

[@kevinsmith-dn1px]

This is quality! I'm going to find a pdf too 👍 cheers for this 🔥

[@dci_fan0345]

Here is one if you’re interested drive.google.com/file/d/1QbmAcIAFCBnwGzrx7C6F13tKj-Cskw9F/view?usp=drivesdk

[@Creesper69]

Hey geoff you should do a short little lesson on how to play the 2016 bluecoats opener snare break. It's only a few measures long but really grooves

[@manuelduran2271]

Excelente como siempre.

[@FreestyleRudiments]

gracias por ver

[@stcoombs67]

You are an amazing teacher, please keep it up

[@FreestyleRudiments]

Thanks.

[@AlejandroLopez-zs5ph]

Cool🎉

[@FreestyleRudiments]

Thanks

[@lukascalvert6484]

My favourite warm up…. For added burning start with cheeses then flam 5s instead of Drags….

[@Ice-dl1yt]

Hey FR! I love your channel! Can you show morispree next?

[@Genaro-cx6ih]

I’ve been trying to learn shake hands with the beef but I just can’t. Please make a video on it

[@davidchong402]

can you do boston crusaders 2022 drum feature?

[@lukaslee5552]

Could you break down Monarch Sir flams a lot?

[@noah_459x]

Could you cover Broken City 9r please?

[@Foxtrot14]

🔥

[@FreestyleRudiments]

thanks

[@louise_truth1240]

Pls do shake hands with beef pls by RCC

[@maveldcisk9585]

Finally 🎉

[@FreestyleRudiments]

welcome 👍

[@RCTim]

I absolutely love your videos. I have learned so much. Thank you!! I love this beat! Do you know where I could find the sheet music for it?

[@FreestyleRudiments]

Hi Tim, thanks for the comment. It's difficult with notation because some of the things I teach are sold by the creator/owner as paid PDF or paper notation so I don't normally give away the pdf and allow them to make some profit for their efforts. For flamuss I am pretty sure if you search google it will appear as has been a practice pad "standard" for a lot of years 👍

[@michaelcharette2234]

It is on Google . Do a search as Flammus sheet music.

[@RCTim]

@@michaelcharette2234 Thanks!!

[@jaimepminor80]

I studied this Santa Clara warm-up but I could never get to play it at the speed of the video

[@FreestyleRudiments]

its played pretty fast. I find if I just up a metronome by 1BPM every day or so I eventually get there... Just dont be distracted or put off if they are a lot faster. trust the process.

[@andyboxedu]

A lesson you could do is teach us how to do the Boston crusaders 2022 dci solo

[@stevenjewkes6736]

Brilliant. But can you break down Salute to Max Rayne. Alex Duthart 👍

[@MandoPercussion]

🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@FreestyleRudiments]

Thanks mando appreciated

[@blipblopwafi]

you shoukd do morrispree next

[@sebastiancorbett1790]

Plus I love having something cool to show the rest of the line😂

[@CalvinFellDrums]

Please do pow 2022 snare break

[@redpack4582]

So question. Do I have to practice literally 6-8 hours a day all throughout high school to make top lines like bd or bloo? Cus I don’t have the time.

[@FreestyleRudiments]

6-8 hours no, but you are competing with a lot of other people for the spots so you will need to practice a lot! Once in these lines you will play for 6-8 everyday. Keep in mind we all have the exact same hours perday, it's up to you to prioritise what you want.... and remember nobody is born allready able to play flamdrags, even if you're dad is roger carter and you got some special snare drummer gene 🤣 "genes" still have to pay the price of hours and hours of practice.

[@redpack4582]

Thanks for the advice!

[@APKaisen1]

@ 12:00 @13:56 @15:30

[@saminalam1708]

20:51

[@rockwellmccloskey7981]

At 10:37, funny enough I thought those we suppose to be patiflaflas

[@woolyjeans5663]

idk why but I can't speed this up to written tempo after playing it for months

[@rrzamudio]

This one is a bouncy-burner type of piece that I put in the same family as The Ditty. It is reliant on fast flam accents but I think the ability to bounce your flam taps in the transitions between phrases is key. All of that probably doesn’t make sense to somebody who knows what they’re talking about but that is the best way I can explain it. 😅 In short, get faster on your threes and those will translate into faster flam accents and taps.

[@woolyjeans5663]

@@rrzamudio I am like 90% there with sheet bpm atm, thanks mate

[@terryhughes8488]

Broken city 2023 paraddles exercise

[@FreestyleRudiments]

do you mean this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHLciYNqptFomrc

[@noah_459x]

@@FreestyleRudiments YES!

[@PlayboiTVSubscribeToTheChannel]

Im not even going to lie, this is actually fun when I learn from you. You should do sight reading exercises

[@ghoztuchiha9164]

When I saw a new video I has happy but I already knew flammus 🥲😂

[@FreestyleRudiments]

😢 sorry 😀

[@steak6456]

18:55