Can a paradiddaloid have a rest as one of its patterns?
Sounds like a trick question. Let's see if we can come up with a plausible answer.
Previously, we ran into a roadblock in Is the paradiddle the simplest paradiddaloid?
If we simply rest the left hand in a paradiddle, for example, we create a paradiddaloid because Pattern A (a tap) is distinct from Pattern B (a rest).
This paradiddaloid meets ALL of the criteria that we have established – it is at once a visual, sonic, and rhythmic paradiddaloid. Do we have a new contender for the Simplest Paradiddaloid Award?
Strangely, we can even imagine a silent paradiddaloid in which Pattern A is an eighth note rest and Pattern B is a sixteenth not rest:
We could argue that the notation alone makes this a visual paradiddaloid. Do we have a new winner?
In conclusion, it would seem that the answer must be yes – a rest can be one (or even both) of the patterns used to make a paradiddaloid.
But here's a more pressing question:
Is there any practical reason for it?
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