According to Drumlessons.com, "the flam tap is basically an 8th note double stroke roll whose first stroke is flammed." Uhh, do what now? And that is why I am so thankful and happy Josh is covering this area and not me.
Pretty much what I gather is that a flam is where it is noted in sheet music to play louder and hitting the drum with both sticks at the same time (a flam) gives that effect. The tap is just to hit with one stick. Together quickly they make some kind of drum roll. Josh says this is mostly used in marching bands or high school bands solely on the snare drum and not the whole set. He is teaching her this really to get her use to alternating different strokes and alternating hands while reinforcing the language of left and right.
So here she is:
YouTube video of Delores playing flam taps.
So here she is:
YouTube video of Delores playing flam taps.
They also, have been working hard on keeping up with 8th notes. Now, I do know a little about those because I sing and can read enough music to sing the right note at the right time and I did take a little piano when I was like 10. So, I can explain this a little bit.
Sheet music is made up of measures and each measure has a certain amount of beats/notes before you move onto the next measure. A whole note represents all the beats/notes played in one measure. An 8th (1/8) note represents one eighth of a whole note. Say, for example, you were playing a song that had 4/4 time (4 beats in a measure) a whole note would represent 4 beats. An 8th note would represent 1/8 the duration of a whole note. On the drums you can't hold out notes so you would use 4 quarter notes instead of one whole note. So in this video Josh and Delores are playing quarter notes for two measures and then switching to 8th notes for two measures. Josh says that it was too hard for Delores to only do one measure and then switch.
Sheet music is made up of measures and each measure has a certain amount of beats/notes before you move onto the next measure. A whole note represents all the beats/notes played in one measure. An 8th (1/8) note represents one eighth of a whole note. Say, for example, you were playing a song that had 4/4 time (4 beats in a measure) a whole note would represent 4 beats. An 8th note would represent 1/8 the duration of a whole note. On the drums you can't hold out notes so you would use 4 quarter notes instead of one whole note. So in this video Josh and Delores are playing quarter notes for two measures and then switching to 8th notes for two measures. Josh says that it was too hard for Delores to only do one measure and then switch.
So here she is doing quarter notes and moving into 8th notes.
YouTube video of Delores playing 1/4 notes and 1/8 notes.
This made me gleam. It just amazes me to watch her play the drum. I mean it's not just banging and noise that has no rhyme or reason. It is the background rhythm for music. Without it music as we know it would not be the same. There would be no groove to make to want to dance. No blues to loose your cares in. No classical or opera to take your breath away. No hymns, soul or gospel to enter into His presence with. She is playing music that completes almost all genres and that leaves me watching in wonder as this 3 year old, completely unaware, taps into her musical abilities that will change her life forever. Wow!
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