In Part I we used different placements of accents to expand the paradiddle. In this article, we will expand the paradiddle rhythmically. As I explained in Part I, you must keep your muscles relaxed and concentrate while playing these exercises. In the first section, we will begin with a basic paradiddle and add one stroke at a time until we reach a time signature of 3/4, as follows: Repeat each exercise at least 16 times and then proceed directly to the next one. Stay relaxed and strive for an even sound. Next, replace each consecutive right-hand beat with a triplet (RLL), and each consecutive left-hand beat with a triplet (LRR). (The letter above each exercise below refers to the bar in which it was originally played in the previous exercises.) Using these ideas, try the following drumset routine: 1) All accented notes on the snare drum; 2) all unaccented right-hand […]

April 1984 Issue