WGI Videos and a Flam-Fives Drumline Exercise

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Flam-Fives Sectional and WGI Videos

June 1st, 2009 by James Voss Grumish

Usually you see flam-fives broken down to the component rhythm. This new exercise is only slightly different, but much better.

Flam Fives Sectional Flam-Fives Sectional puts the flam-fives component rhythm in context which will allow you to work on the nuances like grace-notes and diddle spacing. The end result is simply a combination of flam-drags and cheeses where one hand is responsible for all the diddles.

If that doesn’t make sense to you, don’t worry. Just know that this exercise is the most efficient way to develop and clean flam-fives across an ensemble.

Flam-Fives Sectional

Flam-Fives Sectional Sheet Music PDF

Print a couple of copies of Flam-Fives Sectional for you and your friends. If your line isn’t quite ready for flam-fives yet, try the Flam Accent Sectional.

The winter drumline season has ended and the results - and videos - are in from the 2009 Winter Guard International World Championships.

The 2009 WGI scores ended up reflecting the 2008 WGI results. Half of the champions were repeats - Rhythm X (PIW), Dartmouth (PSW), and Pacifica (PSO). As usual, here’s the collection of WGI videos that the drum and stick manufacturers create each year.

Vic Firth WGI Videos Page - To see the videos, click on a group’s name. Includes Dartmouth, Chino Hills, Pacifica, Trumbull, King Phillip, Farmington United, Los Alamitos, Thomas Worthington, Blue Knights, Mission Viejo, Avon, Plymouth-Canton.

Innovative Percussion WGI Videos Page - Lot vids and also a few interviews. Includes Rhythm X, Music City Mystique (MCM), Redline, Gateway, Northcoast Academy, Matrix, Odyssey, Center Grove, Choctawhatchee, Centerville.

Pearl Drums WGI Videos Page - The only drum manufacturer with a decent video page this year. Includes Music City Mystique (MCM), Avon, Center Grove, United Percussion, Gateway, Blue Knights, and some Banished Beyond stuff.

Pro-Mark WGI Videos Page - Look for 2009 WGI World Championships in the title. Includes Riverside (RCC), Ayala, Mission Viejo, Escambia, Breach of Silence, Franklin Central, Oregon Crusaders, Timber Creek.

drumFunny.com WGI Videos Page - There’s a handful of videos on drumFunny.com that include Ayala, Gateway, Dartmouth, Riverside (RCC), Rhythm X, Redline, Music City Mystique (MCM).

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