Double Paradiddaloid

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A double paradiddaloid is hereby defined as two simultaneous paradiddaloids. In this example, one paradiddaloid is played with the hands while another is played with the feet.

Let's start with the feet.

Pattern A

Pattern A is a left-footed sixteenth note on the kick followed by a right-footed sixteenth note on the kick.

Pattern B

Pattern B is a sixteenth note chick with the hi-hat pedal followed by a right-footed sixteenth note on the kick.

Paradiddaloid

So, the paradiddaloid played by the feet looks like this. Note that the left foot plays a paradiddle between the kick drum and the hi-hat pedal while the right foot simply fills in the gaps. 

And now for the hands. Let’s play a paradiddle between the right hand on the ride and the left hand on the snare. This is a sonic paradiddaloid because the ride sounds different from the snare, making Pattern A distinct from Pattern B. Putting it over the foot pattern makes a nice exercise.

Two replicates of the hand paradiddaloid are needed to complete one replicate of the foot paradiddaloid.

Now, let's kick it up a notch and play Paradiddaloid 1 over the same foot pattern.

In this case, two replicates of the foot paradiddaloid are needed to complete one replicate of the hand paradiddaloid.