Section 2: Paradiddle Grooves Paradiddle Grooves Pt.2... Another really cool way to use paradiddies in grooves is to play them between your right foot and left hand while playing hi-hat lines over the top. If we start with our four inversions: RURRLRLL RULRLRRL RRLRLLRL RLRLLRLR ‘And play all right hand notes with your right foot while keeping the left hand on snare drum, we get: RURRLRLL RLLRLRRL RRULRLLRL RULRLLRLR By ng we] m2 Wy; Although not written as accented, make sure there's a difference in | |) dynamics between the ‘main’ snare notes on beat two of each pattern "'/ compared to the ghosted snare notes played elsewhere. Next we add a variety of hi-hat patterns played with the right hand: x __2 x d 2 _» oP) s Pr) a) a ay a op www.nickcarterderums.co.uk The Power Of Paradiddles - Page 42Section 2: Paradiddle Grooves Paradiddle Grooves Pt.2... a a " zs ~ — a as eed ee Seen ge i” ee a - = ee Sete ee =e ae ee .h 3.8 ee Senet Se aS Se ae af 32 S79 St, ‘Fe eee ee ee ———e =—_ == =— == Ss Sa XX, ,xX xXx XxX x xxx xx = ee ae — Se ==. 5.5 5.5 xXXIXXX, J xxxI xxx eee sss rr ——— ae —— cae —— — == — == — == www.nickcarterderums.co.uk The Power Of Paradiddles - Page 43Section 2: Paradiddle Grooves Paradiddle Grooves Pt.2... ae cerca Fee From here, we can then mix and match our inversions just as weve done in the previous pages. We'll play two beats of each inversion to create twelve cool, one-bar grooves: = a faeces ee ae a From here we can then add the hi-hat lines we looked at previously. Over the next few pages we do just that: each page features one of the combination grooves from above with each of the different hi-nat patterns played with your right hand, Although written as a single piece of music, practice each bar Individually at first to get to grips with these challenging yet groove-laden patterns. www.nickcarterderums.co.uk ‘The Power Of Paradiddles - Page 44zh a a a al = D, a ZI 2 Ve A Ey e Hl " yt tet oy 19 ale 130 ae ae 2 fa aa} RLRRLRLL RLLRLRRL RRLRLLRL RLRLLRLR >> >>, >> >> J, 0, oe on 04 * aaa! Vola Wl fde—o— "|Z ew RLRRLRLL RLLRLRRL RRLRLLRL RLRLLRLR >> > > >> >> ‘50a al : 150 [42 | 45c[4 2 ‘54a ] age 7 fae? fa 2a RLRRLRLL RLLRLRRL RRLRLLRL RLRLLRLR Next, play all accents that fall in the first half on the bar on crash and all accents in the second half on snare: m8 a) The Power Of Paradiddles - Book II www.nickcarterdrums.comTo then make things even more interesting, we can then take the accent placement ideas from Section 1 and use them in combinations. For example, play all accents on crashes: >__>__>__>. > aT HL lee (eee lees | 4 lee a ae RLRRLRLL RL > > eS = = Bet be \deeee leoe | lew RRLRLLRL LR right hand accents RERRUERLLERRLERLLRL RLRRLRLLRLERLLRLR Reverse to play allright hand accents on toms, left hand accents on crash: SE aa L _ Ef ee one geee eee RLRRLRLLRLRRLRLL ~ = > = = 4 - Pos ia RLRRLRLLRRLRLLR RL s 3 Play all accents on beats 1 & 2 on crashes, all accents o1 a LRRLRLLRLRLLRLR 2 LRRLRLLRRLRLLRL The Power Of Paradiddles - Book II www.nickcarterdrums.comsection 4 Further Fill ldeas In this section we're going to take a brief look at some more ideas to create interesting fills based around the paradiddles and inversions we've looked at so far. Linear Fills We start by replacing all of the accents from our two-beat ‘building blocks' from Section 1 with kick drum. The first pattem (and inversions) gives us a > - - bd Pod > Pod [Zeee ons] [Jans soa] [Jen one | [Je,o00 on] KLRRKRLL RLLKLRRK RRKRLLKL RKRLLKLR Once we've mastered this, the next step would be to move all of the unaccented notes around the toms (just as we did before - right hand floor tom, left hand rack tom): >_> > > > > > > iT) 2 KLERRKRLL RLLKLRRK RRKRLLKL RKRLLKLR Next, combine two of the above pattems together to create a one bar phrase (in 4/4), For example, the first (regular) pattern combined with the first inversion: >_> > > tere KLRRKRLLRLLKLRRK Or inversion 3 into inversion 2: > > >_> faa e ae RRKRLLKLRKRLLKLR The Power Of Paradiddles - Book II www.nickcarterdrums.com