Flamming is a drum technique/rudiment(?).
You're probably correct, too...drums/percussion is what inspired Wooten's "flamming".
Wooten was probably talking about using one's index & middle fingers(plucking hand)to simulate a drummer's flam on the snare drum.
So, an exercise would be to THUMB the open "E"-string, then pluck upwards with the INDEX finger & then the MIDDLE finger on the MUTED/open "G"-string. DO NOT attempt to POP
individually with each finger; rather, keep them both in a semi-hook, but
fixed position. Merely thrust/flick upwards "quickly" after the THUMBED "E" note. The amount of
space Y-O-U set betwen the index/middle fingers determines how "rapidly" those two notes will sound.
Keep those two fingers FIXED!!
Later, you can incorporate the fretting hand with some slaps to add spice to the effect...remember,
think like a drummer!
