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How to play the Single Paradiddle

RLRR LLRL — accent the lead hand. The most-used rudiment in all of drumming.

Practice the Single Paradiddle free →

About the Single Paradiddle

The Single Paradiddle is one of the 40 PAS rudiments, in the Diddle family. Diddle rudiments — paradiddles and their relatives — weave singles and doubles together.

Sticking

R L R R L R L L

R = right hand, L = left hand.

How to practice it

Start slow enough to play it perfectly evenly, counting out loud or with the metronome. Keep your strokes relaxed and your accents clear. Once it's clean, raise the tempo a few BPM at a time using the speed trainer — clean and slow always beats fast and sloppy.

The Single Paradiddle is part of Drumolo's free trainer. Open it, choose this rudiment, set a slow tempo and let the metronome grade your timing.

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