Hello Mike. I am 70 years old and have been playing drums since I was 13. Paradiddles have always been hard for me until I saw your video. Never too old to learn, I mumbled. So off I went and practiced. Well, lo and behold, and at last, something resembling a paradiddle. Thanks...will keep up the practice. My best regards, John Baker Australia.
John Baker so you have been playing drums for 57 years and over that time you have not been able to play a paradiddle correctly or at speed. You have obviously not been taught the right technique for using a drum stick.
You are spot on. Your technique worked for me. Mind you, I had a break of some 35 years bringing up 4 kids, running a business, and trying to keep up with my wifes spending. Once again, thanks. Regards. ...John
Brodie Staines you obviously have not been taught the right technique for when to be a smart ass and when not to be a smart ass. Leave the guy alone he had to put drumming aside to raise four kids.
This guy is a great teacher. Doesn't waste time talking about unrelated BS, promote products or his channel, and doesn't try to be a comedian. He gets right down to the business of why we are all watching the video. Thanks Mike, great work.
I'm another 70 year old. I made good money playing drums, mostly part time, from the mid-sixties through the mid-seventies. I played all genres. In addition to clubbing and party work, I did some pit orchestra work for musicals, as well as symphonic timpani. After marriage, 43 years ago, I gave up music for, what turned out to be, a successful business career. I even sold in 1979, most regrettably, my Ludwig Super Classic kit and Zildjian cymbals, hardware, and cases. I'm back at re-learning what I knew...stick control, rudiments and sight reading, just to keep the old brain from shrinking. Your video explains better than I ever could how to develop a fast paradiddle. You are a drummer's drummer. Please keep up the great work. If Neil Peart were alive, (R.I.P), he would approve of this message.
I'm 46 and have played the drums since I was 17. I covered paradiddles in my first year of playing but never been able to get tight or fast on them. Your lesson shows signs of changing that - I got faster in an afternoon. Not only on paradiddles but on doubles, snare roll and triplets. Excellent lesson. I was particularly inspired with the comment from the 70 year old drummer!
That’s kinda part of the objective of most lessons, drag them out as long as possible to maximize money in the pocket of the instructor. This is a fantastic lesson. If they are all like this, drumeo is worth what er they charge.
What I love about every one of your videos; is that you consistently remind the viewer of your own difficulties when learning techniques. It really limits the frustration anyone can have learning a new technique or when going back and revamping to play with less effort. Your "Don't worry, you'll get it." attitude makes tackling something new or difficult so much less intimidating. For that sir, we thank you!
Same same same i've drummed for 3 years and my left hand still doesn't want to work in so stressed out, I've tried and tried and tried but I just can't
@@qhajajsshsks6107 Heres a tip. Perform daily tasks that you would normally do with your right hand, with the left. Hold a fork right handed? Do it with the left. Switch your hands around so your brain makes that connection to the left hand. Hope this helps
Hi Mike I just turned 67 (yesterday) and like John Baker below I had always struggled to maintain an even sound and develop speed with the paradiddle until I came across your channel. I have since purchased and subscribed through Drumeo, your Drumming system. I have to say Mike you are a clear and concise teacher and love your tuition and tips. 18 months ago I had broken my left elbow and had surgery to put a steel implant in and so had not been able, or even thought, I could return to drumming. But thank God, although I will never be able to fully straighten my left arm, I now have probably have 60-70% of my strength back and working my way through this exercise, is helping me to strengthen my left hand and hand grip, as well as loving the progress I am making due to your fabulous tips.
Excellent lesson, not only about how to get a fast paradiddle but how to analyze its components and adjust one's thinking and technique toward a goal. I don't play drums, but in trying to improve my guitar playing I stumbled into the goldmine of videos by expert drummers who are both crafty and crystal clear in their thinking about the fundamentals of playing percussive instruments, of which the guitar is one. I fell into a tendency which is quite common, I think, among guitarists, of concentrating on fingerings, scales and chord progressions, and reading music. These things are important of course, but the path to improvement is laid on a foundation of fundamentals about the use of the hands that are very important and sometimes very subtle. The great drummers are experts in this area.
This is the ultimate explanation I have been looking for. This is the explanation to my problem and to many other drummers out there.Thank you very much Mike, you just revived my career after a two year break, I am highly grateful.
Ikr? I just did something simpler lol. I practiced for like 5 min on my 3 and 2 rolls and then I thought of it like this: right-left double-right, left-right double-left. Much easier.
@@jcpenny2438 yeah I mean just do tht for a few mins a day until you nail it then boom. doesn't need to be a month XD also if you know things to practice other than... single, double, para D and repeat then let me know.
Finding Drumeo after years of terrible technique has truly been a game changer for me. Your teachers have such a down to earth approach and respect for the drummers of all levels.
I almost can't express the excitement I feel after watching this, it's like you've just opened up a doorway to a whole new drumming world of possibilities! Really excellent explanation that is in plain English. I can totally see now the secret of the paradiddle
Genius. You saved my sanity. I've been practicing the Paradiddle for a few months but hadn't had the epiphany to make the transition to working it with controlled rolls. This... just... works. Thank you for being real and stressing patience and time. Now there is hope.
Ive watched a lot of lessons on the paradiddle but this is the best by far. What’s good is that you revealed the insight that you perceived in understanding a paradiddle. Taking your insight and applying it is the secret. Thanks!!
+Wil Garrett Mine in 6th grade made me do this exact para-diddle on the wall 500 times for being late to practice. I was kind of pissed off then but now I love him for it.
Wow, I drum 20 years now and never learned to play the paradiddle. Now, a few hours of practice later, i am really starting to feel it. Best video on youtube.
I've been following Drumeo since they only had couple of thousand views on their videos. I was always found them to get better with time .Today it's #1 drum channel on RUclips. They helped me become better drummer than before and still inspire to keep pushing. Thank you Drumeo for sharing ur journey with me.
Thanks Mike. I have your entire system on DVD from DRUMEO. I don't think it is available on DVD anymore as everything is going totally digital these days. Your drumming skills and knowledge are amazing. Digital video and formats such as U-Tube have greatly increased access to great teachers like yourself by many. Thank you for taking the time to help all of us out here. Many thanks also to DRUMEO for introducing many professional drummers to the world.
Another old guy here that has played the drums since I was a young teenager and just getting back into it after a 7 year hiatus. I’ve never had that musical quality to my drumming so I really appreciate your approach to helping me out at getting better.
I am absolutely thankful for this video, I know it was posted a while ago, but this is literally the best explanation of technique and execution I have ever seen, I'm trying to re train my left hand due to nerve damage, because of the damage I have only been able to maintain my singles and doubles, anything else I get fatigued way quicker than my right hand and my left has gotten sloppy again due to the loss of mobility, so, I have been trying to work on paradiddles and other basic steps again to re train my hand. this video has helped me so much, thank you!
This lesson is actually the key breaker into performing paradiddles. No other drummer has ever described the learning process like this! Thanks so much!
One of the first exercises my jazz drumming instructor gave me back in the 60's was the single paradiddle with accents on the single note in the right hand, then the left and then using those single notes on the different drums. This was instantly rewarding and I've been using these ever since. A great hand exercise is to practice it with brushes on the snare drum with the strainer released. You will develop muscles while learning to relax the hands and fingers at the same time. Paradiddles rule!!!!!!!
Brilliant - I have just revisited the rudiments after years of 'just playing' (something to do during lockdown) and was really struggling with paradiddles. I didn't realise how slow I was on them and just couldn't get the speed up. This lesson really did the trick - thanks so much.
Been drumming for 63 years and could and would play paradiddles, but mostly rather slowly around the kit or just practice them because they seemed like something good to practice. I've never been able to build the speed I see some other guys have. This video is going to be a great help. I just know it. Thank you Mike.
BEST paradiddle advice on RUclips. I have watched this video many times in the past few years and always procrastinated on practicing my paradiddles. Until recently when Covid-19 outbreak happened that I have more time at home, and started to follow every single word mentioned in this video. And IT WORKS. It didn't feel like it was working at the beginning but after awhile it happened. I am around 90% his speed, and I know for sure I'll include paradiddles in my practice routines.
Great explanation. I've been playing for a long time and have never seen it broken down in such a manner.....Now to see if I can implement it to improve my paradiddles!!! Thanks!!!
This video was spot on the most helpful to me after being silent for 40 yrs, Retired and back into it I am again a beginner spending hours trying to regain that left hand rebound using a match grip (traditional grip remembered rebound control; more for some reason)and not just about a paradiddle
I'm on my fifth time viewing this in a row!☺ Your technique is just amazing! This is the drumming equivalent to sweep picking on guitar. Thanks for the great lesson!
Hi Mike thank you soooo much for breaking that down for me, I’ve been playing the drums for 30+ years & I have the exact same issue you were saying you had, I’m definitely gonna go to the music shop on the weekend to get myself a practice pad & try your method out. Thank you for inspiring me to want to retrain the way I’ve been stuck for soooo many years, YOU ROCK 🤘😆🤘
Hello Mike, this class has been the most shocking experience I´ve had, since I started to play, years ago.... I was frustrated with paradiddles, just as you mentiones, Im 49 and have been playing since I was 16, but never understood what you mentioned, now, just in about an hour I was able to freely and fast acomplish this, in addition, I discovered so many new posibilities on the set, latin rythms, and much more...I cant really wait to finsish work to go back to my set and practice more...I´m feeling just like Iwas 18 again, re discovering the world....I tought I would never be able to play this as fast as I saw many drummers...very frustrating, but there are always secrets envolved and Im willing to discovver them all....Thankls a lot!!!
I've always loved drums since I was young and I've always had drumming ability but never put it into action on a kit. Well now that I'm retired that has changed, I bought a used set yesterday waiting for my sticks to arrive in the mail today. I'm watching a lot of videos techniques but I really love your approach I think I'm going to enjoy this a great deal Thank you Mike!
My 9 year old Granddaughter is learning to play drums and she was absolutely mesmerised with your paradiddle lesson. She wrote down the sequence and went straight to her practice pad. Thank you for a great lesson.
Dude. Where have you been these last 5 years of me drumming with crappy paradiddles?!?! I literally played a better paradiddle in a matter of minutes compared to years of me just “trying to do it on my own”. Thx bro🤟
This is a great tutorial. Got here about a year ago (commented below) and since then actually used this idea of triple roll in a paradiddel and improved my speed by almost double. also passing it down to my students. Tnx guys!!
OMG I did! I started playing drums when I was 9 years old and the paradiddle was the bane of my existence. I never could really get it right. I'm 38 now and haven't played seriously in quite some years, but I keep a set of stick near by at all times. I play on my mouse pad as practice when I'm slow at work (work from home). This lesson has helped me do a thing I've been trying to do for nearly 30 years! The pattern, skill, movement; it's never been so clear to me! Thank you!!! I've got a lot more practice to do in order to get it 100%, but, again, I did it!
Hi Mike, I am 59 and started learning drums few weeks ago. My local teaching is good and getting the basics of stick control, timing, etc. Your demonstration of these 2 rudiments is extremely helpful. I know my teacher will get me there. Thanks so much.
Thank you MIke! 9 years on and i just saw this lesson now ... transformed my diddles in a hard 3 hour session . If anyone at Drumeo reads this give congrats to Mike and hope all is well. cheers from Noo zeealand
Mike really really good lesson. Very organized and you make teaching look easy. Took a hard subject and broke it down so anyone can understand it. Thank you.
I've been stuck in the same exact place with the whole wrist thing! Really great breakdown, shows a completely different way of looking at paradiddles!
Mind blown! Ive been playing playing for over 20 years. I have done some pretty cool things, musically, in diff bands. The parididdle always baffled me. I always played it with a single stroke feel and i would get to a speed that felt awkward. Never even entered my mind to do it this way. Thank you so much!
Another simpler way to explain it is practice paradidles playing that double stroke exactly as you would using rebound technique a la the double stroke roll. Just a different way to think of it.. This guy can really play them fast and he’s an absolutely fantastic natural teacher.. Never could find guys around like this before RUclips. Bravo!!
Professional drum set, percussionist... fabulous concept. The paradiddle is one of, in my opinion, the most underrated rudiment out there. If you listen to Vinnie, he played a myriad of them. Great vid on speed. Great concept. Never heard it put like this, but so refreshing. Good job.
Holy Crap!! Mike, you have no idea (or you probably do!) how much I have struggled with the paradiddle . . . You just opened the door for a new way to practice this and I now have some hope that I can get this down!! Thank you! You ROCK!!
This is exactly what I needed to hear. My paradiddle was always trash until I saw this video. Now it is starting to sound musical and I am able to use it on the kit. Thanks for the mental reset, it was much needed.
I appreciate this video very much! I just picked up the sticks for the first time in my life, 2 days ago! And I've been devouring lessons on youtube for the last 48 hours. Your video was one of the more encouraging ones for me, helping me to understand how different rudiments can compliment other ones, how difficult this stuff can be even for experienced drummers, and that if you break it down and find the right technique, then even I can eventually do this stuff. Thanks!
OMG bro ..I have been a drummer all my life even played in the band at school and this rudiment was the only one I could not get up to speed my tripples was awesome but the diddles not so much I could not figure it out at all I had the concept but just couldn't quite get up the speed like u my hand just was not fast enough I like the way u was able to bring them out with your method I most definitely will try your way..Thanks alot man I really appreciate u sharing
Awesome tips, greatly put. Started with the drums at age 13 in a high school rock band, then I bought a guitar then a synth then started to sing, conduct etc etc. It ended with an education in church organ. The drums were completely lost. Now I’ve turned back to them and I’m so terribly sloppy but will try this out as fast as possible. Very happy for your pedagogical video!
In just a few seconds of this video I could see just how ingenious and helpful this is! Thank you for this very helpful tutorial - it is making my para diddles a lot faster just from the start of this! NeddyRich
Wow this is so cool to watch. I haven't played for around 30 years, but I can still do a really fast good paradiddle, and as I watched him show the tricks he discovered, particularly, the triple stroke roll and the rebound, I realize that I remember learning that and that's probably why I can still do it. I clearly had a really good teacher. This guy is good. thanks
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You are a great teacher! Now I'm gonna need gear to practice paradiddle😂❤
Hello Mike. I am 70 years old and have been playing drums since I was 13. Paradiddles have always been hard for me until I saw your video. Never too old to learn, I mumbled. So off I went and practiced. Well, lo and behold, and at last, something resembling a paradiddle. Thanks...will keep up the practice. My best regards, John Baker Australia.
John Baker Mm hmm
John Baker so you have been playing drums for 57 years and over that time you have not been able to play a paradiddle correctly or at speed. You have obviously not been taught the right technique for using a drum stick.
You are spot on. Your technique worked for me.
Mind you, I had a break of some 35 years bringing up 4 kids, running a business, and trying to keep up with my wifes spending. Once again, thanks.
Regards. ...John
Brodie Staines you obviously have not been taught the right technique for when to be a smart ass and when not to be a smart ass. Leave the guy alone he had to put drumming aside to raise four kids.
This is the most delightful comment I have ever read on RUclips. Thank you for bringing a smile and a chuckle to my day.
Just spent 8 min watching a video about a technique on an instrument I don’t play. That’s the sign of an engaging teacher!
This guy is a great teacher. Doesn't waste time talking about unrelated BS, promote products or his channel, and doesn't try to be a comedian. He gets right down to the business of why we are all watching the video. Thanks Mike, great work.
So correct even a dummy like me understand him
This is so amazing he knows how to break it down step by step its easy learning his way I'm happy I saw this method
I agree 100%. Love his teaching method. Straight and to the point. No drawn out back story, just the facts.
exactly and ditto
After I got my triple stroke rolls and paradiddles down with both my hands and feet my drumming went to a whole new level!
“Once I started to get past the weirdness of it... it started to fall into place.”
How true of so many things...
"and when it starts to fall apart just hold it right there"
@@junetakesover 👍
Me as a new drummer who's just learning the paradiddle 1:03 - "Nice he's going pretty......holy shit....holy shit how is that even possible!?"
teamhex me too
Ye me 3
same lol
lol me 4, I said "Holy Shit" out loud at that part
Me five.
His hand is faster than my internet connection
I'm another 70 year old. I made good money playing drums, mostly part time, from the mid-sixties through the mid-seventies. I played all genres. In addition to clubbing and party work, I did some pit orchestra work for musicals, as well as symphonic timpani. After marriage, 43 years ago, I gave up music for, what turned out to be, a successful business career. I even sold in 1979, most regrettably, my Ludwig Super Classic kit and Zildjian cymbals, hardware, and cases. I'm back at re-learning what I knew...stick control, rudiments and sight reading, just to keep the old brain from shrinking. Your video explains better than I ever could how to develop a fast paradiddle. You are a drummer's drummer. Please keep up the great work. If Neil Peart were alive, (R.I.P), he would approve of this message.
Best paradiddle lesson I have ever heard.
I'm 46 and have played the drums since I was 17. I covered paradiddles in my first year of playing but never been able to get tight or fast on them. Your lesson shows signs of changing that - I got faster in an afternoon. Not only on paradiddles but on doubles, snare roll and triplets. Excellent lesson. I was particularly inspired with the comment from the 70 year old drummer!
Thank you so much. I learned more in 7 minutes than two weeks of class
will haduch
That’s kinda part of the objective of most lessons, drag them out as long as possible to maximize money in the pocket of the instructor.
This is a fantastic lesson.
If they are all like this, drumeo is worth what er they charge.
Same here
The people dont care they just want money
@@danimiura6866 yes and no it depends on your teacher!?
What I love about every one of your videos; is that you consistently remind the viewer of your own difficulties when learning techniques. It really limits the frustration anyone can have learning a new technique or when going back and revamping to play with less effort. Your "Don't worry, you'll get it." attitude makes tackling something new or difficult so much less intimidating. For that sir, we thank you!
Me: perfects this on right hand
Left hand: am i a joke to you?
dirac_luap yes give up your s joke
Same same same i've drummed for 3 years and my left hand still doesn't want to work in so stressed out, I've tried and tried and tried but I just can't
@@qhajajsshsks6107 Heres a tip. Perform daily tasks that you would normally do with your right hand, with the left. Hold a fork right handed? Do it with the left. Switch your hands around so your brain makes that connection to the left hand. Hope this helps
@@westonwheeler2311 I can't I've tried o many things tbh
Try being lefty!
Not only that but I broke my Right wrist and that doesn’t help! Lol
Seriously the best explanation of paradiddle speed I've ever seen. 40 years of playing, and I just doubled my speed on this.
By far best paradiddle lesson I've seen
Mike is so easy to listen to he takes the calm approach to drumming and in my experience that is the best way to learn. Thank you Mike.
Such a great tutorial for people who were stuck in that wrist rut and were hunting for the 'bounce'. Opens door for push-pull and Moeller too!
Good video. Love how you talk about the thought process and development. Top notch teaching.
Neill Wylie juuujjj
I love how the sticks look when playing paradiddles fast. It's hypnotic!
Hi Mike
I just turned 67 (yesterday) and like John Baker below I had always struggled to maintain an even sound and develop speed with the paradiddle until I came across your channel. I have since purchased and subscribed through Drumeo, your Drumming system. I have to say Mike you are a clear and concise teacher and love your tuition and tips.
18 months ago I had broken my left elbow and had surgery to put a steel implant in and so had not been able, or even thought, I could return to drumming. But thank God, although I will never be able to fully straighten my left arm, I now have probably have 60-70% of my strength back and working my way through this exercise, is helping me to strengthen my left hand and hand grip, as well as loving the progress I am making due to your fabulous tips.
Thanx man 😉🥁
Simple in its theory, horrifically difficult in its application. Definitely a months long project. Love the lesson. Thank you.
Excellent lesson, not only about how to get a fast paradiddle but how to analyze its components and adjust one's thinking and technique toward a goal. I don't play drums, but in trying to improve my guitar playing I stumbled into the goldmine of videos by expert drummers who are both crafty and crystal clear in their thinking about the fundamentals of playing percussive instruments, of which the guitar is one.
I fell into a tendency which is quite common, I think, among guitarists, of concentrating on fingerings, scales and chord progressions, and reading music. These things are important of course, but the path to improvement is laid on a foundation of fundamentals about the use of the hands that are very important and sometimes very subtle. The great drummers are experts in this area.
ironpirites well said
***** well said
+Commit Well said bud.
jared williams hey Jared. Well said buddy.
Thanks Jared, well said!
This is the ultimate explanation I have been looking for. This is the explanation to my problem and to many other drummers out there.Thank you very much Mike, you just revived my career after a two year break, I am highly grateful.
Teacher: "Din't take long. About a month."
Everyone: "A MONTH?!"
Everyone: "DIN'T"?
@@bluesky6449 Oops XD Imma leave it like that
Hahahaha totally
Ikr? I just did something simpler lol. I practiced for like 5 min on my 3 and 2 rolls and then I thought of it like this: right-left double-right, left-right double-left. Much easier.
@@jcpenny2438 yeah I mean just do tht for a few mins a day until you nail it then boom. doesn't need to be a month XD also if you know things to practice other than... single, double, para D and repeat then let me know.
Finding Drumeo after years of terrible technique has truly been a game changer for me. Your teachers have such a down to earth approach and respect for the drummers of all levels.
Wow. This man is insanely good
I almost can't express the excitement I feel after watching this, it's like you've just opened up a doorway to a whole new drumming world of possibilities! Really excellent explanation that is in plain English. I can totally see now the secret of the paradiddle
Hey Mike, you have demystified this rudiment for me and I’ve been playing for 42 years. You’re excellent, thank you!
He is one of my favorite for giving lessons. How lucky are we to have this available at our finger tips!!! So amazing!!!
I wish this was available when i first started, the mental and physical side to this pattern completely explained, absolutely brilliant video!
Genius. You saved my sanity. I've been practicing the Paradiddle for a few months but hadn't had the epiphany to make the transition to working it with controlled rolls. This... just... works.
Thank you for being real and stressing patience and time. Now there is hope.
Ive watched a lot of lessons on the paradiddle but this is the best by far. What’s good is that you revealed the insight that you perceived in understanding a paradiddle. Taking your insight and applying it is the secret. Thanks!!
When I was in middle school band, just starting out in 6th grade, this is exactly how our band teacher taught us. Cool stuff.
Ours just showed us notes and said good luck
+Wil Garrett
Mine in 6th grade made me do this exact para-diddle on the wall 500 times for being late to practice.
I was kind of pissed off then but now I love him for it.
Wow, I drum 20 years now and never learned to play the paradiddle. Now, a few hours of practice later, i am really starting to feel it. Best video on youtube.
I'm so new to drumming I don't even own a drum yet but I too thought this is the best video I've seen on RUclips in a long time.
@@solidtank7957 it's been two months. you still drumming?
@@michealpants yes, I'm still practicing. I can do the paradiddle at least twice as fast as I used to.
@@solidtank7957 awesome man! keep at it, maybe you’ll be faster than the video one day.
@@michealpants that's not going to happen, but it is fun.
the best guy i've seen explaining anything, not only drums! amazing how deep you can go on a subject, mike! thanks for that
I've been following Drumeo since they only had couple of thousand views on their videos. I was always found them to get better with time .Today it's #1 drum channel on RUclips.
They helped me become better drummer than before and still inspire to keep pushing.
Thank you Drumeo for sharing ur journey with me.
This is the defiantly the best break down of the paradiddle I have ever seen... Thank You!
best indepth explanation i've seen so far - thanx for sharing.
Thanks Mike. I have your entire system on DVD from DRUMEO. I don't think it is available on DVD anymore as everything is going totally digital these days. Your drumming skills and knowledge are amazing. Digital video and formats such as U-Tube have greatly increased access to great teachers like yourself by many. Thank you for taking the time to help all of us out here. Many thanks also to DRUMEO for introducing many professional drummers to the world.
Another old guy here that has played the drums since I was a young teenager and just getting back into it after a 7 year hiatus. I’ve never had that musical quality to my drumming so I really appreciate your approach to helping me out at getting better.
This was extremely helpful!!!
I am absolutely thankful for this video, I know it was posted a while ago, but this is literally the best explanation of technique and execution I have ever seen, I'm trying to re train my left hand due to nerve damage, because of the damage I have only been able to maintain my singles and doubles, anything else I get fatigued way quicker than my right hand and my left has gotten sloppy again due to the loss of mobility, so, I have been trying to work on paradiddles and other basic steps again to re train my hand. this video has helped me so much, thank you!
Check the youtube video of Jim Chapin Speed, Power, Control, Endurance 1990
Tony Polley Good luck to you. hope everything is working out for you.
Tony DePitro I
Tony how did you get nerve damage? Was it from drumming?
I have a similar issue, did you do any prescribed rehab?
This lesson is actually the key breaker into performing paradiddles. No other drummer has ever described the learning process like this! Thanks so much!
I’ve been drumming for 15 years and this video opened my eyes. Can’t wait to get started on trying this
Simply broke down,and to the point. Excellent way to show a beginner,or veteran such as myself that just wants to play them smoother.Great lesson🥁
One of the first exercises my jazz drumming instructor gave me back in the 60's was the single paradiddle with accents on the single note in the right hand, then the left and then using those single notes on the different drums. This was instantly rewarding and I've been using these ever since.
A great hand exercise is to practice it with brushes on the snare drum with the strainer released. You will develop muscles while learning to relax the hands and fingers at the same time.
Paradiddles rule!!!!!!!
Brilliant - I have just revisited the rudiments after years of 'just playing' (something to do during lockdown) and was really struggling with paradiddles. I didn't realise how slow I was on them and just couldn't get the speed up. This lesson really did the trick - thanks so much.
Thank you Mike I love the way your teaching is based on sharing your own experience of learning to play drums. Very open and generous and helpful
I think this was the best trick I've ever seen. Thank you so much
Been drumming for 63 years and could and would play paradiddles, but mostly rather slowly around the kit or just practice them because they seemed like something good to practice. I've never been able to build the speed I see some other guys have. This video is going to be a great help. I just know it. Thank you Mike.
Incredible teaching ability as well as clarity, thank you for your time.
BEST paradiddle advice on RUclips.
I have watched this video many times in the past few years and always procrastinated on practicing my paradiddles. Until recently when Covid-19 outbreak happened that I have more time at home, and started to follow every single word mentioned in this video. And IT WORKS.
It didn't feel like it was working at the beginning but after awhile it happened. I am around 90% his speed, and I know for sure I'll include paradiddles in my practice routines.
Nice analysis. I haven't developed patience to practise my rudiments, but after watching this, I will.
Thanks Drummersfor watching !!! It's nice to see that there's only 1 dislike and 784 likes… :) That made my day! Happy Drumming
It's actually 816 an one dislike even better :)
Nice explanation Mike and a great way to think about breaking it down.
Thx so much! Great tips!
Great explanation. I've been playing for a long time and have never seen it broken down in such a manner.....Now to see if I can implement it to improve my paradiddles!!! Thanks!!!
This is sooooo great, thanks for the help man!
This video was spot on the most helpful to me after being silent for 40 yrs, Retired and back into it I am again a beginner spending hours trying to regain that left hand rebound using a match grip (traditional grip remembered rebound control; more for some reason)and not just about a paradiddle
Tips like these never get old. Thanks Mike!
I appreciate you being honest with how long this takes to develop ! Makes me feel a lot better about it 🙂
I'm on my fifth time viewing this in a row!☺ Your technique is just amazing!
This is the drumming equivalent to sweep picking on guitar. Thanks for the great lesson!
Hi Mike thank you soooo much for breaking that down for me, I’ve been playing the drums for 30+ years & I have the exact same issue you were saying you had, I’m definitely gonna go to the music shop on the weekend to get myself a practice pad & try your method out. Thank you for inspiring me to want to retrain the way I’ve been stuck for soooo many years, YOU ROCK 🤘😆🤘
Hello Mike, this class has been the most shocking experience I´ve had, since I started to play, years ago.... I was frustrated with paradiddles, just as you mentiones, Im 49 and have been playing since I was 16, but never understood what you mentioned, now, just in about an hour I was able to freely and fast acomplish this, in addition, I discovered so many new posibilities on the set, latin rythms, and much more...I cant really wait to finsish work to go back to my set and practice more...I´m feeling just like Iwas 18 again, re discovering the world....I tought I would never be able to play this as fast as I saw many drummers...very frustrating, but there are always secrets envolved and Im willing to discovver them all....Thankls a lot!!!
This is very very helpful, thank you.
Man the upstroke part is so massively important. My drum teacher is baking these setup motions into my head. The whipping strike really helps with it.
I've always loved drums since I was young and I've always had drumming ability but never put it into action on a kit. Well now that I'm retired that has changed, I bought a used set yesterday waiting for my sticks to arrive in the mail today. I'm watching a lot of videos techniques but I really love your approach I think I'm going to enjoy this a great deal Thank you Mike!
My 9 year old Granddaughter is learning to play drums and she was absolutely mesmerised with your paradiddle lesson. She wrote down the sequence and went straight to her practice pad. Thank you for a great lesson.
The best explanation of how to speed up paradidle. Thanks a lot, Mike!
Dude. Where have you been these last 5 years of me drumming with crappy paradiddles?!?! I literally played a better paradiddle in a matter of minutes compared to years of me just “trying to do it on my own”. Thx bro🤟
Thanks Liana, if you have any other questions, email me at m2drumdojo@gmail.com
Excellent tutorial, perfectly explained and thanks for taking the time. This will inspire many drummers beginners and intermediate.
Cheers 👍🏻
This is a great tutorial. Got here about a year ago (commented below) and since then actually used this idea of triple roll in a paradiddel and improved my speed by almost double. also passing it down to my students. Tnx guys!!
8 years later and this is still having a massive impact. Thank you so much
Me too i'm70, the lights just got turned on .I was 13 to when i started playing,good stuff Mike,thanks.
OMG I did! I started playing drums when I was 9 years old and the paradiddle was the bane of my existence. I never could really get it right. I'm 38 now and haven't played seriously in quite some years, but I keep a set of stick near by at all times. I play on my mouse pad as practice when I'm slow at work (work from home). This lesson has helped me do a thing I've been trying to do for nearly 30 years! The pattern, skill, movement; it's never been so clear to me! Thank you!!! I've got a lot more practice to do in order to get it 100%, but, again, I did it!
Thanks Mike!
This video is what helped me break through difficulties I was having with the paradiddle. Very appreciate, thanks for explaining.
Hi Mike, I am 59 and started learning drums few weeks ago. My local teaching is good and getting the basics of stick control, timing, etc.
Your demonstration of these 2 rudiments is extremely helpful. I know my teacher will get me there. Thanks so much.
Dude, Excellent video. This is extremely helpful. I'm getting that triple stroke roll going as we speak.
This was super helpful!!!
Thank you MIke! 9 years on and i just saw this lesson now ... transformed my diddles in a hard 3 hour session . If anyone at Drumeo reads this give congrats to Mike and hope all is well.
cheers from Noo zeealand
Mike really really good lesson. Very organized and you make teaching look easy. Took a hard subject and broke it down so anyone can understand it. Thank you.
this was an awesome demonstration. It helped alot
I've been stuck in the same exact place with the whole wrist thing! Really great breakdown, shows a completely different way of looking at paradiddles!
Mind blown! Ive been playing playing for over 20 years. I have done some pretty cool things, musically, in diff bands. The parididdle always baffled me. I always played it with a single stroke feel and i would get to a speed that felt awkward. Never even entered my mind to do it this way. Thank you so much!
Another simpler way to explain it is practice paradidles playing that double stroke exactly as you would using rebound technique a la the double stroke roll. Just a different way to think of it.. This guy can really play them fast and he’s an absolutely fantastic natural teacher.. Never could find guys around like this before RUclips. Bravo!!
Professional drum set, percussionist... fabulous concept. The paradiddle is one of, in my opinion, the most underrated rudiment out there. If you listen to Vinnie, he played a myriad of them. Great vid on speed. Great concept. Never heard it put like this, but so refreshing. Good job.
Thank You Mike! Way to break down the power of the triplet. This makes sense and will help rebuild my speed of yesteryears.
Holy Crap!! Mike, you have no idea (or you probably do!) how much I have struggled with the paradiddle . . . You just opened the door for a new way to practice this and I now have some hope that I can get this down!! Thank you! You ROCK!!
This is exactly what I needed to hear. My paradiddle was always trash until I saw this video. Now it is starting to sound musical and I am able to use it on the kit. Thanks for the mental reset, it was much needed.
Great video and very easy to follow!
A brilliant tutor, thank you
Dude, you are BORN to teach. You've explained more in this short video than 20 other videos I've watched. Thank you.
I appreciate this video very much! I just picked up the sticks for the first time in my life, 2 days ago! And I've been devouring lessons on youtube for the last 48 hours. Your video was one of the more encouraging ones for me, helping me to understand how different rudiments can compliment other ones, how difficult this stuff can be even for experienced drummers, and that if you break it down and find the right technique, then even I can eventually do this stuff. Thanks!
Nice one Mike. What an excellent presentation. Well done.
OMG bro ..I have been a drummer all my life even played in the band at school and this rudiment was the only one I could not get up to speed my tripples was awesome but the diddles not so much I could not figure it out at all I had the concept but just couldn't quite get up the speed like u my hand just was not fast enough I like the way u was able to bring them out with your method I most definitely will try your way..Thanks alot man I really appreciate u sharing
Awesome tips, greatly put. Started with the drums at age 13 in a high school rock band, then I bought a guitar then a synth then started to sing, conduct etc etc. It ended with an education in church organ. The drums were completely lost. Now I’ve turned back to them and I’m so terribly sloppy but will try this out as fast as possible. Very happy for your pedagogical video!
This has been so helpful. After years of avoiding the paradiddle due to not using the roll technique - it now makes sense
In just a few seconds of this video I could see just how ingenious and helpful this is! Thank you for this very helpful tutorial - it is making my para diddles a lot faster just from the start of this! NeddyRich
Mike, this is the best drum lesson that I have ever sat through. Best breakdown of an incredibly important rudiment for me. Thank you.
Thanks Steven, if you have any other questions, email me at m2drumdojo@gmail.com
Wow this is so cool to watch. I haven't played for around 30 years, but I can still do a really fast good paradiddle, and as I watched him show the tricks he discovered, particularly, the triple stroke roll and the rebound, I realize that I remember learning that and that's probably why I can still do it. I clearly had a really good teacher. This guy is good. thanks
Mike!!! Thank you so much for your help!! Appreciate you so much for sharing! I am going to go and try this right now!
So helpful O_o Amazing lesson
God damn parradiddles, my hands won't listen to my brain!!!! This might help, but I really need a practice pad
hey Brett drop me a line and ill send you one super cheap in great condition...ive got too many ...seriously
Try on your bed for now. Hat worked for me before I got one
@@hiddenmonday7361Out of curiosity, would you still happen to have any left?
Table tennis racket on the lap!
What the hell is Brett Farv doing here?
Amazing ! I've been struggling to play a fast paradiddle for over 50 years...this video give me a little hope ! Thanks