Playing with Paradiddles

Paradiddles, double paradiddles, paradiddle-diddles. Which is your favourite? It depends on whether you’re having white meat or red meat, and how much you’ve practiced. Paradiddles are a sticking pattern, or rudiment, for drummers to practice and use; commonly they are practiced but not so much used. I’ve been working with paradiddles for sometime in an effort to discover how I could make them an indispensable part of my chops bag, here is one such discovery.

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Paradiddles, double paradiddles, paradiddle-diddles. Which is your favourite? A paradiddle is a sticking pattern, or rudiment, for drummers to practice and use; it is commonly practiced but not so much used. I’ve been working with paradiddles for sometime in an effort to discover how I could make them an indispensable part of my chops bag, here is one such discovery.

One Response to “Playing with Paradiddles”

  1. Wen Says:

    you need to slow it down so non drummers like me can see what you’re doing.
    BTW what are you doing with bittorrents? don’t flog stuff

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