In this lesson you will be placing accents on numbered counts in a standard paradiddle. The same idea has been applied in other rudiments but the paradiddle is a little different as numbered counts aren't always played with the right hand. When working through the patterns below, make sure any accents that fall on a left hand are played at the same volume as those on a right hand.
Exercise 1
Play an accent on beat 1.
Exercise 2
Play an accent on beats 1 and 3.
Exercise 3
Play an accent on all quarter note counts.
Exercise 4
Play an accent on beats 2 and 4.
Exercise 5
Play accents on all eighth notes.
TASKS
- Place accents in various other places.
- Add feet into the exercises above.
- Orchestrate the exercises above.
- Add accents to other rudiments.
