Diddle rudiments · 19 of 40
Single Paradiddle-Diddle
Same lead every time — it never alternates.
RLRRLL
Big letter = full stroke · filled = accent. Notation reads as on a practice-pad sheet: accents marked >, slashed small notes are grace notes, z on the stem is a buzz. R rings higher than L, so you can hear the hands.
80BPM
What it is
R L R R L L: a paradiddle with an extra double on the end. It does not alternate, so the same hand leads every time, and its six notes make it a triplet and sextuplet favourite.
How to practise it
- Practise it leading with each hand separately, since it never swaps on its own.
- Take it around the kit: the singles on toms, the doubles on the snare.
- Start where every stroke is deliberate, around 60–80 BPM, and only speed up when it feels boring. When it is clean, take it to the tempo trainer and let trainer mode climb from where you are.
Take it further
- Open in the rudiment trainer →Step through all 40, shuffle, and (for members) random practice that deals you a new one every few loops.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you reached, and next time starts where this one stopped.
- Why rudiments matter, and where to startThe five to learn first, and how to get them off the pad and onto the kit.
More diddle rudiments
The paradiddle family: singles and doubles mixed so the accent moves between the hands. The most-used stickings in drumming.
- Single ParadiddleThe famous one. Accent moves hand to hand — keep the taps low.
- Double ParadiddleSix notes, sextuplet feel. Great over triplet grooves.
- Triple ParadiddleEight per side — singles into the diddle.