A single paradiddle is most commonly placed within drum beats, drum fills, and also certain solo patterns. This is on the top five of the most popular and must-know drum rudiments. Let's say, it's practically a must for any drummer who wants to make it big and expand there possibilities for the future! This is the basic pattern:
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So basically, this single paradiddle is a combination of both single and double strokes. First, play to alternating strokes and then a double. - That would be the first half of the rudiment. Next do the same pattern just with the opposite hand starting first. When you play it altogether you get the single paradiddle! Simple?
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So basically, this single paradiddle is a combination of both single and double strokes. First, play to alternating strokes and then a double. - That would be the first half of the rudiment. Next do the same pattern just with the opposite hand starting first. When you play it altogether you get the single paradiddle! Simple?
ReplyDeleteThe paradiddle is a funny little rudiment, because if you
walk into an average middle school band program, even some
of the trumpet players and other wind players, usually boys,
know about paradiddles. I seem to recall many of them asking
me what a paradiddle is, because they'd heard of them, but
didn't know how they were played. I think it's definitely
one of the most popular rudiments among kids.
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