The Double Paradiddle In Groups Of Six

This lessons follows on from our Double Paradiddle With Each Hand On A Different Drum lesson. It will be much easier to follow if you are familiar with the content from that lesson.

Continuing with ideas for orchestrating a double paradiddle, in this lesson you will be taking the basic rudiment and splitting it into groups of six. Each of these groups of six will then be played on a different drum. Because of the way the sticking falls, each time you switch voice the hand that starts will change. This will take a bit of getting used to but is a great exercise in hand co ordination and is very worth practicing. The orchestrations themselves will all be very straight forward, it's just this hand switching that makes them a little more complicate.

The intention here is to get your comfortable with moving around the kit in 'blocks' of a set number within this rudiment and you will be expanding on this in later lessons. These patterns will work well as fills without any adjustment. Feet have been included in all exercises but make sure you can play the hand part before adding these in. Remember, a double paradiddle sticking is used throughout.


Exercise 1

Double Paradiddle played as groups of six


Exercise 2

Double Paradiddle played as groups of six


Exercise 3

Double Paradiddle played as groups of six


Exercise 4

Double Paradiddle played as groups of six


Exercise 5

Double Paradiddle played as groups of six


Exercise 6

Double Paradiddle played as groups of six


TASKS

  1. Using the 2 Minute Rule, get all exercises up to a tempo of at least 120bpm.
  2. Create your own orchestrations using this concept.
  3. Add various feet patterns to the exercises.

Lessons

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