And You Thought I Didn't Paradiddle

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 earned his Bachelor of Arts in Education at John Carroll University and Master of Arts in Education at the University of Findlay.

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