Paradiddle

He is the author of The Ultimate Guide to Syncopation, an in-depth guide to the classic book Syncopation by Ted Reed, as well as Puzzles, Rhymes, and Riddles, and the DVD Concepts and Philosophies.

His newest book and chorus, Paradiddle Power, A Complete Guide, is out now.

The project takes the paradiddles far beyond the traditional rudiment, exploring it as a vehicle for phrasing, groove, melodic ideas, and the choreography that allows

those ideas to flow naturally around the drum set.

But when you go to that same rudiment and you go and listen to, like, the architect of modern funk playing, Mr. Garibaldi, you go, oh, it's all paradiddle-ish or esk, right? There's those kind of stickings mixed in there to give it that cool syncopated feel and add that, you know, point.

So this...

It was a long project, the Paradiddle Power.

It's a book.

a paradiddle it was that right left right right left right left left I'll take your word for it what the fuck are you guys saying paradiddle drum shit I'm a drum person

drum rudiments have got the best fucking names ever

Paradiddle sounds like a Fantastic Four bad guy.

It's like a galactic

nonce.

The Paradiddle.

Are they

invisible?

yeah.

Paradiddles.

We always made fun of the guys that would tune their tenors too low because we sounded like the Swedish chef.

Abort, abort, abort, abort, abort, abort, abort, abort, abort, abort.

We can, we learn a certain, I mean, I don't even know what the right terminology is.

Paradiddle.

Paradiddle? Is that the same as a parallel? I'm a bass player, not a

drummer.

But anyway, so the thing is that you can have a hobby that you're not good at.

We can, we learn a certain, I mean, I don't even know what the right terminology is.

Paradiddle.

Paradiddle? Is that the same as a parallel? I'm a bass player, not a drummer.

But anyway, so the thing is that you can have a hobby that you're not good at.

You can enjoy doing stuff that you're not particularly good at.