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paradiddle Mus.|ˈpærədɪd(ə)l|
[Echoic.]
A basic drum roll, produced by alternate beating with the left-hand and right-hand drumsticks.
1927Melody Maker Aug. 804/3 The ordinary paradiddle is greatly to be recommended. This is a wonderful exercise for getting out of ‘one-hand’ playing, and there are some variations of this beat which are invaluable to the dance drummer. 1934Metronome Feb. 47 Either the single paradiddle or the flam paradiddle may be used during a marching step. 1941Amer. Speech XVI. 229/2 The ramatacue and the paradiddle are advanced rhythmic drum movements, the words possibly being onomatopoeic. 1956L. McIntosh Oxford Folly 153 Fiona thought hard for a moment of a negro Staff-Sergeant in the American Air Force whom she had once seen throwing the whole of the University Jazz Club into a prolonged ecstasy with an erotic and protracted paradiddle... But the drumsticks in her inexpert hands refused to make a smooth roll. 1960K. Amis Take Girl like You xvii. 210 A great saccharine growl came from the organ and a slow-motion paradiddle from the drums. 1961A. C. Baines Mus. Instruments 337 At a steady march tempo, with eight strokes on the drum in each bar, the sound of the paradiddle is fascinating. 1976D. Munrow Instruments Middle Ages & Renaissance 33/4 The specialized techniques of the side drum, such as the roll, flam, drag, and paradiddle developed in the first instance to fulfil a practical object: to encourage friend and frighten the foe. |