Paradiddle Development By Michael Beauclerc

“Paradiddle Development” is built with a “short short long” pattern, and should be the first introduction of the paradiddle rudiment to new drummers. Students can use an old drumming technique of “play them the way you say them”. A diddle is an older term for a double stroke. Students would say “Par, ra, di, dle, Par, ra, di, dle,… and play R, l, r, r L, r, l, l. Tenor drummers can begin playing on drum “2” only and add the melodic movement as they improve. Each exercise comes with a PDF download and YouTube link for play-a-long videos for snare and tenor.