{"id":25213,"date":"2020-09-11T08:08:04","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T15:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=25213"},"modified":"2023-11-14T14:19:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T22:19:28","slug":"how-to-play-a-paradiddle-diddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/how-to-play-a-paradiddle-diddle\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Play A Paradiddle-Diddle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lwAjX__7jF8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Probably one of the most useful rudiments with one of the silliest names, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/single-paradiddle-diddle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paradiddle-diddle<\/a> is sometimes confused with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/double-paradiddle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">double paradiddle<\/a>, which also consists of six notes (but sounds like &#8216;para-paradiddle&#8217;).<\/p>\n<p>The paradiddle-diddle starts with two singles and ends with two sets of doubles, all played as 8th note triplets (think of it as 3 per beat): RLRRLL<\/p>\n<p>Try to put an accent on the first note of each one if it helps you stay on track.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, Glen explains that the right hand part of the pattern is like the reverse of a standard jazz ride pattern, where you just fill in the missing notes with your left hand.<\/p>\n<p>Like all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/rudiments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rudiments<\/a>, the paradiddle-diddle can sound awesome on the drum set in a groove context! Try playing it as triplet 16ths (or sextuplets, 6 per beat) on the hi-hats, adding a snare on 2 and 4 and the bass drum on 1 and 3. This could also make a cool and subtle hi-hat backbeat fill.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve put together a playlist with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/how-to-find-and-use-drumless-tracks-and-play-alongs\">drumless tracks<\/a> at different tempos so you can practice this rudiment over real music:<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1pPXjC7HbKSmU9chVYxvEb?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Whatever you do with it, remember: rudiments are the building blocks of the drumming language. It&#8217;s how you speak it that makes it yours!<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The paradiddle-diddle can add a ton of flair to your grooves and fills on the kit. Glen Sobel shows you how it&#8217;s done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":25229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4034],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rudiment-applications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25213"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49150,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25213\/revisions\/49150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}