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The stick bounces back, but a tense hand and arm won’t respond smoothly to that sudden burst of energy kicking back off the head, and won’t be able to efficiently manage the direction the stick takes. Stiffening up and hammering that first, accented note into the drum, results in a loss of control.

The challenge for percussionists is to learn to control, direct – and sometimes tame – that burst of energy off the drum. And y ou don’t have to “hammer” it down to get a solid rebound just by dropping it, or gently tossing it onto the head when playing quicker passages, the stick bounces back. What drummers have to consider is that when a stick falls or is dropped onto a drum, it creates kind of a minor explosion, and if it’s dropped from a higher level, that explosion is going to have more energy. So we’re going to drop that accented first note from a higher level than the subsequent three, unaccented notes. Keep in mind that to play louder on a drum, we simply drop the stick from a higher level – as opposed to pushing or beating down harder onto the instrument. The first thing to consider when playing paradiddles is how to play that accented first note. To control accents and dynamics in general, and to help students play with a relaxed stroke, I teach a system called Lifts and Levels (watch the video here), which I incorporate into the teaching of paradiddles. The one thing we always keep in mind – the underlying concept that informs whatever we play – is that we play as efficiently and tension-free as possible.

and the double strokes – the final 2 note “diddle ”.

the accented note played at the beginning of each paradiddle.

In this introduction to playing paradiddles, we’re going to focus on two important elements: Now starting on the left hand, the pattern is L-R-L-L, and so on. That final “diddle” sets up the following paradiddle to start on the opposite hand. So if we’re starting on the right hand, the accented first note is followed by a second note on the left hand, which is then followed by the final two notes played on the right hand. The first note of the four is usually, but not always, played with an accent. It consists of four, equally spaced notes, starting with two single strokes followed by a double stroke, or “diddle”. The paradiddle is an essential rudiment that’s often introduced early on in a school percussion program, so you’ll want to watch carefully that your students are playing paradiddles right. Watch Practising Paradiddles, then send the link to your students for an effective, guided paradiddle practise session in real time.