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paradiddle-diddle

Definitions

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  • noun music A percussive exercise (one of many rudiments) which involves playing six even strokes in the order ‘right left right right left left ’ or ‘left right left left right right’

Etymologies

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Imitative.

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Examples

  •   I take a deep breath and try again, spitting out a right-handed flam paradiddle-diddle, then a sound from the drum like wiping out on my bicycle, and my sticks come to rest with a buzz.

    Moe Tucker 2008

  • I take a deep breath and try again, spitting out a right-handed flam paradiddle-diddle, then a sound from the drum like wiping out on my bicycle, and my sticks come to rest with a buzz.

    Moe Tucker 2008

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