Paradiddle Torrent
Leticia Troung
You should be able to play the pattern consistently and smoothly, switching between leading with your right and leading with your left (the biggest challenge for anyone new to paradiddles). Pay close attention to the double stroke in particular. Make sure the spacing between each note is consistent.
"Inversion" in music is sometimes closer to "rotation" ("chord inversions" in particular). The difference in the various paradiddles is the starting place, which is equivalent to changing the position of the accents.
At which point it wraps back around. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. inversion names aren't really used in my experience when it comes to rudiment terminology (i.e. I've never heard anyone refer to "Rrlr Llrl" as the 2nd inversion of a paradiddle), but hopefully that at least makes it clear where the terminology might have come from.
The single paradiddle is an extremely popular drum rudiment that sounds great while played within drum beats, drum fills, and even unique drum solo patterns. It is an absolutely essential rudiment for any drummer that wants to expand their drumming possibilities. Here is the basic sticking pattern:
As you can see above, the single paradiddle is a combination of single strokes and double strokes. You start by playing two alternating singles, and then a double. That's the first half of the rudiment. Then, do the exact same pattern leading with the opposite hand. When you put it all together - you have a single paradiddle!
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A paradiddle consists of two single strokes followed by a double stroke, i.e., RLRR or LRLL.[91] When multiple paradiddles are played in succession, the first note always alternates between right and left. Therefore, a single paradiddle is often used to switch the "lead hand" in drumming music.
A mill stroke is essentially a reversed paradiddle with the sticking RRLR or LLRL with an accent on the first note.[92] The single flammed mill is the most common mill stroke variant in American playing.[91]
A few examples are the "Herta" which is a drag played with alternating sticking; the "cheese", a diddle with a grace note; and the "eggbeater", a five-tuplet with the sticking "rrrll." These hybrids have themselves given way to further hybrids; the "cheese invert" (an inverted flam tap with cheeses instead of flams) and the "diddle-egg-five" (a paradiddle-diddle followed by an eggbeater and two diddles, one on each hand). Other hybrid rudiments include: "book reports", "ninjas", and "flam dragons" (formerly known as "double flam drags").[105]
Before you read this article....
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The next step in achieving paradiddle mastery is to add accents to the patterns from Part 1. You will still permutate the pattern in the same manner as the last step, but you will accent the first note of the original paradiddle as it moves through the permutations.
The next step is to move the paradiddle around a bit and discover what else we can do with the pattern. Before moving ahead in this blog post, I strongly encourage you to freestyle with the paradiddle for a session or two to perhaps unearth some patterns that work for you. After that you can check out these four patterns.
*Accents are to be once again played on the toms.
In the videos above I showed how to play them slowly, and then I would do another clip doubling the speed. But paradiddles work with any rhythm! They really do! Try it with triplets! It might sound and feel kinda wonky at first, but practice it slowly and you will get it eventually.
So while by definition, this pattern at the top of Part VI might not be defined as a paradiddle, as I clearly laid out in the diagrams below it, the pattern is a direct descendant of the paradiddle. Why is this step important? Because we always want to be expanding basic concepts. That's what the great drummers do and that's what you need to do if you want to reach a high level. Which, if you're spending time reading about paradiddles, then you must at least be interested in improving your drumming abilities.
In this free drum lesson, Lionel Duperron takes the double paradiddle to the practice pad and to the drum set, teaching you how to play it and how to apply it to the drum set through a couple of drum beats and drum fills.
This next exercise introduces you to playing a fairly basic 8th note drum fill incorporating the double paradiddle. The left hand stays on the snare drum while the right hand moves over to the floor tom. You may find yourself struggling to get consistent double strokes out of the floor tom. The floor tom has a very soggy surface to play on, so there is not much rebound to help you in bouncing your doubles.
This is a rudiment considered incredibly foundational to the American and British styles. Studying the history of paradiddle rudiments and their evolution may lead to interesting discoveries about the stylistic differences between the English and continental Europeans. Specifically, it might show why the English are more likely to balance their sticking, whereas most European styles are right-hand dominant.
This article is about the different permutations or variations of a drum rudiment called the Paradiddle. The paradiddle is one of the 40 Essential Drum Rudiments. The sticking for a paradiddle is: RLRRLRLL, where R=right hand, and L=left hand. It can be repeated as many times as needed. There are three permutations of the original paradiddle for a total of four permutations of the paradiddle. The term variation is used interchangeably with the word permutation. Click here to see a visual presentation of 9 common paradiddle variations
The 1st permutation or variation starts with the diddle, or the double stroke. For example: RRLRLLRL. Whereas the original paradiddle is played with a single stroke on each hand followed by a double stroke, the 1st permutation starts with a double stroke on the right hand followed a single stroke on each hand, then, as you might notice after studying and playing the paradiddle long enough, it switches hands and the second half is a double stroke on the left hand followed by a single stroke on each hand. As with the original paradiddle, any permutation can be played over and over as long as necessary. Feel free to accent the first note of each four-note grouping. That should help with feeling the important quarter-note pulse.
The single paradiddle-diddle does not alternate naturally within itself. Practice this rudiment leading with both hands. Use a practice pad and a metronome to help you focus on technique and timing. Stay relaxed while practicing and take your time in learning the single paradiddle-diddle accurately.
Exercise #1 is an 8th note triplet half-time drum beat with a broken hi-hat shuffle pattern. The single paradiddle-diddle is scattered between the snare drum and the hi-hat. The right hand plays the hi-hat, and a snare shot on count 3. The left hand is kept on the snare drum playing ghosted notes, while the bass drum is played on counts 1 and 3. This is a really cool pattern to spice up your shuffle playing.
Exercise #3 is 12/8 time signature drum fill that incorporates the single paradiddle-diddle. The doubles are played on the hi-tom and on the snare drum, while the singles are spread between the mid-tom and the floor tom.
There are three variations on the fundamental four-note (single) paradiddle, too. The double paradiddle adds two extra single strokes at the start: RLRLRR, LRLRLL; the triple paradiddle adds four single strokes: RLRLRLRR, LRLRLRLL; and the paradiddle-diddle adds an extra double-stroke at the end of a single paradiddle: RLRRRLL or LRLLRR.
Step 2: With all hits at the same velocity, the sound is lifeless, since Humanize has been disabled. By tweaking note velocities to emulate the fluctuations of a drummer, we can make it sound like a paradiddle. We vary velocity levels, but make all the hits played by the stronger right hand a little harder than those played by the left.
Step 3: You can now clearly see and hear the sticking and shape of our series of four paradiddles: right, left, right, right, left, right, left, left, right, left, right, right, left, right, left, left. Usually, a drummer will accent the first note of each paradiddle, and this is easily emulated by simply raising their velocities.
In the Eight Essentials of an Artist Drummer, we discussed what it takes to become a truly outstanding drummer. This time, I'll show an exercise that can help you reach that goal. You'll learn how to master a basic drumming rudiment called the single paradiddle, and improve your coordination at the same time.
What's-A-Diddle?
Let's start by defining exactly what a paradiddle is, in case you're not familiar with the term. A paradiddle is one of the 26 basic rudiments of drumming. (Actually there are more drum rudiments than the official 26, but that's another article.) A drum rudiment is nothing more than a sticking pattern that has been given a name. For example, if you played a right tap followed by a left tap and kept alternating that pattern, you'd be playing a drum rudiment called the "single stroke roll." By playing two rights followed by two lefts, you'd have a "double stroke roll." The sticking for the drum rudiment we will be working on is RLRR LRLL. This is called the single paradiddle. There are also two variations to the single paradiddle that we will be using: The first inversion is RRLR LLRL and the second is RLLR LRRL. I created the following exercises using various combinations of all three of the previous single paradiddle stickings.