Mel Bay's Percussion Sessions
Dawson Meets Stone: "Redefining Paradiddles" Part III
This article will build more drum solo combinations. Take this simple-easy-to-memorize warm-up and use this as a backbone to expand any paradiddle variation...read more
Mel Bay's Percussion Sessions
Dawson Meets Stone: "Redefining Paradiddles" Part II
This article will build more on triplet combinations. Take this simple-easy-to-memorize warm-up and use this as a backbone to expand any paradiddle variation...read more
Mel Bay's Percussion Sessions
Dawson Meets Stone: "Redefining Paradiddles" Part I
What is a paradiddle? Is it merely just a sticking (RLRR,LRLL)? Or can it also be the pattern and sound of two contrasting examples (ABAA, BABB)? I found the later to be very freeing, in that I was not just stuck to a certain sticking. In fact, seeing a paradiddle as two contrasting examples has done the following...read more
