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A paradiddle is a special drum sequence that alternates between left and right hands in striking the rhythm.

The "standard" paradiddle proceeds: LRLL RLRR and is repeated (where L represents the left hand struck and R the right hand struck).

Other paradiddles include:

  • the double paradiddle: LRLLRR RLRRLL
  • triple paradiddle: LRLR LRLL RLRL RLRR

and other variations.


Steve Reich used a melodic (not simply percussive) version of the paradiddle in his Phase Patterns.

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