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Drumset Pedagogy: The Jazz Paradiddle

The Jazz Paradiddle is a specific sticking pattern based upon the jazz ride pattern, providing a familiar, yet practical and adaptable sticking for distribution around the kit.

 

Bob Breithaupt demonstrates the foundation of this valuable technique.

 

From: Percussion Pedagogy, A Practical Guide for Studio Teachers, Oxford University Press, 2021.

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