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Video Lesson: Flam Tap Combination

This simple exercise is WAY tougher to play than it seems. Trust me, I’ve been messing with it for a while and it still took me an hour to get a 21-second take at a tempo I was happy with.

The flam taps and inverted flam taps can really just fly off the fingers, creating amazing speed, but then, right in the middle of the whole thing, is two regular flams in a row.

Once you think you’ve gotten past that, there they are again at the repeat back to the beginning.

Start slow and let this one settle before cranking up the juice!

Good luck!