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paradiddle

[ UK /pˈæɹədˌɪdə‍l/ ]
NOUN
  1. the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously

How To Use paradiddle In A Sentence

  • I am very familiar with the paradiddle after having taught many beginning percussionsists how to play one! ParaMonday « Fairegarden
  • Finally, I get the flam paradiddle-diddles going and I begin my accelerando. Moe Tucker
  • The chief use of paradiddles is a base on which to develop beats.
  • Or if one starts with the left hand the paradiddle looks like this: ParaMonday « Fairegarden
  • I take a deep breath and try again, spitting out a right-handed flam paradiddle-diddle, then a sound from the drum like wiping out on my bicycle, and my sticks come to rest with a buzz. Moe Tucker
  • Paradiddles are a rudimentary exercise for stick drummers and can be useful for learning the "handing" for djembe.
  •   She uses fat marching sticks, her hands arthritic, weightless flam paradiddle-diddles tossed off left and right, her accelerando poised and controlled. Moe Tucker
  • Yet right from the start - that bass-drum paradiddle with a percussive undercurrent that sounds like the rattle of a stage thunder machine - the recording is downright witty in its sonic variations.
  •   I'm fine with left-handed flam paradiddle-diddles because I'm right-handed, but Mrs. Karash expects me to alternate left and right, and to accelerando, until I'm playing flam paradiddle-diddles fast like syncopated rolls. Moe Tucker
  •   I take a deep breath and try again, spitting out a right-handed flam paradiddle-diddle, then a sound from the drum like wiping out on my bicycle, and my sticks come to rest with a buzz. Moe Tucker
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