The Single Paradiddle and Paradiddle - Diddle Around the Drums
The following exercises are designed to further your tedchnique in sticking, they feature some essential variations and combinations. to enable you to go from one rudiment to another without stopping. It also demonstrates the importance of playing phrasess around the drums and cymbals, using rudiments. (A phrase is a short section of music.)
Before starting this lesson check the notation on page 5 to ensure you play the correct drums and cymbals.
The 2 bar phrases in Exercise 299 (above), has the same sticking as Exercise 300 (below), except we use the right crash cymbal, and the left crash cymbal instead of the Tome. Note the Bass Drum is played on each cymbal crash. The same applies in the 3 bar phrases in Exercises 301 and 302.
Para Diddle - Diddles
Para Diddle - Diddles are naturally played in ^ or 3/8 because they consist of 6 beats.
In Exercises 309 and 310 the Para Diddle - Diddles are being played in * time. When played as eighth notes, 4 Para Diddle - Diddles fit exactly into 3 bars of * time.
Because the Pare Diddle-Diddle consists of 6 beats, when playing them in 2 bar and 4 bar patterns, it may become necessary to "fill in" or join the phrase together with other sticking. In Exercise 311 below, we have 2 Para Diddle-Diddles where the last 2 beats of the 2 bar pattern is made up with the single stroke roll (R L R L).
In Exercise 312 below, we have a 4 bar pattern, consisting of 4 Para Diddle-Diddles. The last bar is made up with a Single Paradiddle. (R L R R - L R L L)
In Exercise 313 below, we have a 4 bar pattern, consisting of 2 Para Diddle-Diddles, starting with the right hand, followed by R L R R in order to swap hands to begin 2 more Para Diddle-Diddles, Starting with the left hand, then L R L L to start again, and so on.
Exercise 314 below, is a solo exercise, with Hi-Hat keeping time on beats 2 and 4 throughout, while Bass drum plays with every cymbal crash.
