Sting (percussion) the stick in which the rim and head of a drum are both struck simultaneously by the same stick, creating an accent. A rimshot in this context is only a component of the sting, and does not appear at all in some stings. Common stings may feature a short roll followed by a crash or splash cymbal and kick drum, a flam, or a rimshot. The advanced example at right uses a tom then kick, followed by a pause to put the final stroke offbeat, and a final stroke using both the snare and kick drums to support a one-handed
Leopold Flam Wijsbegeerte" (1959) (E: Flemish League for Philosophy), later of Aurora. He became director of the magazine "Geschiedenis in het onderwijs" (E: History in education). Flam died at his home in Vilvoorde, near Brussels, on 29 September 1995. Leopold Flam Leopold Flam (16 March 1912 – 29 September 1995) was a Belgian philosopher. Together with Alphonse De Waelhens, Chaïm Perelman and Rudolf Boehm, he was one of leading philosophers of Belgium from the 1960s until the 1980s. Born in Antwerp, Flam studied social sciences, political history, philosophy and chemistry at the University of Ghent and obtained a PhD in history. During