Paradiddle-diddle phrases – 01

A page of paradiddle-diddle phrases, like some six stroke roll pages from last year. A couple of my students are eating these up. This is how you learn these things, you don’t just go down the list, you put them in a context, in some different rhythms, seating them some different ways.

The timing and density of these may be tricky at first— in that case play it one time, ending on 1 of the repeat. This ended up leaning heavily into the 32nd notes, if that’s a problem, back the tempo down and set the metronome to give you 8th notes.

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