This lessons follows a similar idea to our paradiddle in groups of four and eight (linked below), it will be much easier to follow if you are familiar with the content from that lesson. The exercises will sound quite similar to those covered in our single stroke roll and double stroke roll in groups of 2 lessons.
Continuing with ideas for orchestrating a standard paradiddle, in this lesson you will be taking the basic rudiment as sixteenth notes and splitting it into groups of two. Each of these groups of two will then be played on a different drum, in pretty much the same way you did in the previous lesson. The intention here is to further improve your ability to move the rudiment around the kit in 'blocks' of a set number and you will be expanding on this some more in later lessons. These patterns will work well as fills without any adjustment, but as with the previous lesson a single stroke sticking would be preferable in that case.
Feet have been included in all exercises. For this concept it is acceptable to use the same drum twice within a bar as long as two groups of two aren't played on the same drum in a row. For example '2x Snare, 2x High Tom, 2x Mid Tom, 2x Snare' is acceptable but '2x Snare, 2x Snare, 2x High Tom, 2x Mid Tom' is not.
Feet have been included in all exercises. For this concept it is acceptable to use the same drum twice within a bar as long as two groups of two aren't played on the same drum in a row. For example '2x Snare, 2x High Tom, 2x Mid Tom, 2x Snare' is acceptable but '2x Snare, 2x Snare, 2x High Tom, 2x Mid Tom' is not.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
TASKS
- Using the 2 minute rule, get all exercises up to a tempo of at least 120bpm.
- Create your own orchestrations using this concept.
- Experiment with various different feet patterns in all exercises.
