And You Thought I Didn’t Paradiddle

By Nate Brown Drum Beat Lessons, Drum Lessons, Level 3 Drum Lessons, Techniques & Concepts paradiddle, rudiments

Description

Breaking up the paradiddle by placing half at the beginning of the measure and half at the end creates a unique sound because the natural repeat-feel of beat one conceals the paradiddle. This lesson explores the technique.

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Author

Nate Brown

Publisher of OnlineDrummer.com, Alfred Publishing author, Ddrum artist, and veteran Drum! Magazine contributor, Nate is a graduate of John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio and holds a Master of Arts in Education from the University of Findlay.

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