Applying The Single Paradiddle To The Drum-Set (FULL DRUM LESSON)
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Applying The Single Paradiddle To The Drum-Set (FULL DRUM LESSON) --
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Drum rudiments are the building blocks of drumming. The single paradiddle is one of the most useful we have right next to single strokes and double strokes. The drum rudiments are a language. Once you learn them, they open up completely new opportunities in your playing. But far too often I see drummer's half learning their rudiments. Never taking that step to apply them to the drum-set.
This lesson is taken from a public livestream I did in February of 2018. In it, I show you a very practical and methodical way to break out the paradiddle so that you can use it in new and creative ways. The really great thing...the method I teach in the lesson works with ANY rudiment or sticking. I hope you enjoy the lesson.
Leave a comment below and let me know your thoughts!
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No joke, I just watched this whole video and I don’t even play drums. I don’t own a drum set and don’t plan to anytime in the future. I just found the whole thing super interesting, the way you break it all down. You’re a great teacher! 💯🙌
Thank you my friend
The creative spark comes from an organized repetitive method which is engraved in your muscle memory.
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That was an amazing lesson and a teacher, thanks so much for doing that, we owe you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🥁🥁🥁👌👌👌
0:00
1:03 Lesson start - on moving practice "items" into playing; on half learned lessons
2:23 Introducing the 3 principles/tools system: "chunking", "assembly lines" and "zoning"
3:26 On chunks
6:30 On the most elusive mystery that Bonham fans will never agree on (the Bonham triplet sticking!)
6:54 Back to lesson - chunks 16th notes
7:35 Demonstrating 16th note chunking; paradiddle+ triplet+ triplet + right,left
7:58 Defining assembly line
9:55 On zoning
12:17 Playing chunks/stickings in different zones
15:24 Example of moving a chunk through different zones
16:05 Using chunks as drum fills in different zones
17:15 Adding accents/articulation
18:35 Student question regarding drumset setup and zoning
18:55 Back to lesson - adding accents/articulation
20:54 Example - exercise nr. 2
21:55 On rearranging chunks
22:57 Demonstrating exercise nr. 3
24:35 Demonstrating exercise nr. 4
25:56 Q&A (26:44 some more on the Bonham triplet!)
27:32 Applying the 3 principles on grooves (stay safe on the road, everybody!); demonstrating exercise nr. 5
31:08 Quick question on in-ear monitors
31:52 On accenting
35:11 Quick recap of lesson so far with examples
36:50 Moving to sextuplets with examples
38:26 "Don't just do what Stephen does"!
40:09 Application of "moving through the assembly line" - examples with swiss army triplets and sextuplets
44:12 Q&A sextuplets, 46:16 counting chunks, assembly lines
This is great...thanks for time stamping this!
You're very welcome! Really informative lesson - in fact this idea of assembly lines, this was total news to me, and it's a super cool tool. In fact all 3 in conjunction are super interesting. Thanks a ton!
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0:00 Intro
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This guy is a YT gem!
Thanks so much my friend!
Yes!!!! I am not a beginner. Been on the road in the past and still have always struggled with this topic. I have looked for years on help to incorporate rudiments. Love the system/zone! You have earned a sub + purchase from this one video.
Practice practice practice
"It gives us the palette to create. Everyone has the same colours, it's how we use them..."
The demonstration at around 20:20 was cool and all, and I really dig the system, but I rewound to replay that little quote because that's what really got me.
Subscribed.
m4dm4n Sometimes it’s the littlest things that we take away. I’m the same way
You are an absolutely magnificent teacher, I am a beginner drummer and Blind, I have no problems following your instructions… Thank you so much and looking forward to practising this… Love learning gnu sticking patterns/chunks… Love how you count out the timing also👏🏼💖💖🥰😘
I also really appreciate the way you've instructed to break down your kit into the zones. That idea is one that I would call "perfect pitch" for drumming
Dear Stefan, you making so amazing thing!! You spread your knowledge around the world and improve drumming on this planet. I'm so grateful!!!
Your teaching on paradiddle is very interesting. For some of us drummers, we're just happy to do the basic paradiddle which is: Right+left-right+right, and left+right- left+left.. Thank you for this lesson, I will explore this a little more.
I can't believe I'm just now seeing this. This may be the best lesson I've ever seen.
‘ Can’t believe this is free! This is invaluable! Thank you, Stephen!
Without a doubt one of your best lessons in my opinion Stephen! I've caught lessons of yours over the years through Drumeo, RUclips, etc but this one really clicked with me. The system you teach here is great and I'm looking forward to applying it to my learning going forward.
Excellent points about staying focused and consistent with learning one lesson before moving on to something else
it was eye opening, finally got to see how this para diddle comes in to play that I practice over and over, Ive learned how to finally understand how to move around the drums and found out thats its ok to break up a para diddle and use different zones. its awesome Im not bored with the drums again and can be creative with this to no end. Just what I needed, thanks you so much im over a huge hump drums are fun again. Finally someone that could explain this to beginners in a way that made since, when just learning how to play you dont understand how a song is played on the drums you hear it but always new there was more but you explain the rules of how to bring it all together. ha ha ha not embarrassed when others can hear me play now, almost sounds like I know what im doing. Finally get to see and hear my own character and be able to listen and know its me playing or not in my way and style i like to play, you can start to become your own instead of playing what others play and comparing yourself to other music and using that as benchmarks of your skill level are over now. felt like the karate kid did learming wax on wax off with that paradiddle, practiced it over and over asking myself wtf am i doing this and where does it come in to play, not in a marching band so i now can see! Your awesome Steve. thanks for the GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFT STEVE! Merry Christmas btw.
This is great. So many videos show you what to practice. Thank's Stephen for showing HOW to practice.
You bet
I love watching you diddle your kit, Stephen.
Totally relate to your opening comment regarding the "gig bag..practice bag" Have you ever found yourself in a gig situation, and the practice bag licks just come out w/out thinking? If I force something from the practice bag, more than likely I'll screw it up. When I'm warmed up, feeling the tunes, I'll notice those licks from the practice bag showing up. I also am loving all the Bonham stuff! He's the reason I picked up sticks, and growing up playing mostly Zep stuff, it really made me a more musical player. Learning tunes came so much faster to me as a kid. Now I'm breaking it down, and cleaning it up (thanks in pt to you). I feel if you can play Bonhams stuff as he played it, you can play just about anything.
This was so helpful. It makes so much sense. This is definitely going to help me play more fluently.
Love this man! I am 58 years, taking lessons and drumming my butt off. I am absorbing as much as I can but practicing slow and building in. Really like the explanations. Thanks!
So glad it helped Michael!
Stephen. Thank you so much! I played snare in high school and learned a ton of rudiments. They’ve all stuck with me, but I never took the time to be able to apply them to this kit. Now at 51, and with your help, I’m really having fun with this. Great system! I tell my worship team at church that I’m good being the backup to the backup drummer. Maybe soon I’ll feel comfortable as the back up! :) Many thanks!
Ever since I started learning to play the drum kit about 2 years ago I had a feeling there was a basis systematic way to get comfortable with drum fill improv. Your concepts of chunking, zoning, and assembly line make perfect sense. Thanks for explaining that!
I am a drumming instructor also. I did a whole written out lesson on the application of the single paradiddle for the kit. I think that Stephen did a SUPERB job here explaining and demonstrating. He also did not try to show off. He did an excellent job. Bravo!
55yo. Getting back into drumming!! Thank you for you talent. I love it !!
Great job Sir Stephen, you are a Good teacher keep it up I learn a Lot from you just for free unlike others they hungry for my credit card, Godbless you and your family
Great video
Great system
Great drummer
Great teacher
Thanks!
I’m so thankful you post free drum lessons/tips. They include lots of helpful information and there are so many, which is really neat!
Glad they help!
Stephen, you are in a league of your own. So many people will get so much from this. Clear, concise and cool. Well done sir!
Thank you my friend
Mystery solved finally a path over the hump. Now I have some real work to do. Thank you so much! I’ve not been this exited about a concept in a very long time.
I love it Richard...so glad it helped my friend
Thanks dude! Very cleaverley put together practice method.
You bet Chad
Thanks a lot! The way you break it up, it’s easier for somebody who don’t have a high level in drum to understand this. Thanks a lot again man.
You’re the perfect teacher
I agree
Dude heck yeah man. This is gold. Great work and a great teacher. Thank you.
Dekapitizer Dekapitizer Thanks so much...glad it helped!
You're amazing, the way you explain things make them so easy to understand even for a beginner like myself.
You have passion for teaching and that means all for students.
Started watching you 1 month ago and you've changed the way I see the journey of learning and practicing in the drums.
I'm so impressed by your ability to simplify the lessons. I am able to see it, hear it and understand it.
Dang after I wrote my comment I took a couple minutes to scroll through the other comments and it seems I’m not the only one who recognizes your skills as an instructor! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a RUclips video w/ this many wholeheartedly POSITIVE comments. That by itself is an achievement. But with this kind of response from viewers, I hope you do private lessons and make bank doing it (top tier -per hour- rates would be 100% justified) because you deserve to be highly rewarded for being able to give people these precious jewels of knowledge. That is all I had to say. Have a blessed day bro! ✌️
You made my day. Thanks!
Stephen. It started to get alittle spacey and I thought we were going to lose you but you pulled it all together with the Zones. I was feeling boxed in and this will be a great way to practice many beats. You are the man. Thank you.
After devouring all of RUclips trying to learn drums, this systematic approach is just what I've needed!
I’ve watched so many videos on RUclips to learn different techniques and YOU are the best teacher I’ve ever seen. Your explanations and skill and style just makes things click for me. From your mnemonic devices to your humor makes me want to play. Thank you for these lessons.
You made my day...thanks so much. So glad it resonates with you
This is the best drum lesson I have found for me on RUclips. Helped me out of a rut big time. Thank you!!
I love it! So glad it helped Shaun. Thanks for the kind words
Get the sheet music for this lesson here: bit.ly/3GHlSK8
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Drum rudiments are the building blocks of drumming. The single paradiddle is one of the most useful we have right next to single strokes and double strokes. The drum rudiments are a language. Once you learn them, they open up completely new opportunities in your playing. But far too often I see drummer's half learning their rudiments. Never taking that step to apply them to the drum-set.
This lesson is taken from a public livestream I did in February of 2018. In it, I show you a very practical and methodical way to break out the paradiddle so that you can use it in new and creative ways. The really great thing...the method I teach in the lesson works with ANY rudiment or sticking. I hope you enjoy the lesson.
Leave a comment below and let me know your thoughts!
Sheet music doesn't download
First Last I’m sorry you’re having trouble with that...I checked and it’s working for me. If you’re still having an issue you can email help@stephensdrumshed.com and I’ll make sure you get that sheet music.
Hello Stephen. Thank you for this free lesson. Can I ask about the metronome app that you use on your phone?
Greatly appreciate your Lessons. I've been a Guitar player 30 years. I'm learning how to play Drums.
Great lesson Stephen, thank you from an old "try hard drummer" from Down Under!
I could listen to that groove all day...
Hi from downunder...Ive been playing drums all my life, you put this info into a simple system, thank you so much.Love your passion.
Thanks for this useful video. By far this has been one of the most useful practical videos I’ve ever watched.
Glad to hear it!
EXCELLENT!!! Thank you for taking the time to make this video. Much appreciated.
You bet my friend
This is exactly what I am looking for currently. My teacher introduced me to Paradiddles a few Months ago and my practice is already lacking just because I never know what to do with this thing behind the kit. You messing around in your zones looks so fricking simple, I'm jealous! Thank you very much for this lesson.
You bet Henri
Great piece Steve master zones!
Dude. DUDE. DUUUDE! This might be the best drum lesson I've found thus far on the interweb for getting around the kit effortlessly.
Wow, this guy’s great. Everything explained in a constructive and timely manner.
Thanks!
Great analysis of ‘how to learn’ in a meaningful way.👍
I started learning drums only a couple of months ago and your lessons are helping so much!! Chunking and assembly lines are by far the best way I've been able to learn. Thanks a TON!
You made my day Ramya. So glad they help...and welcome to the drum fam!
This has been a super helpful lesson for me. Being self taught and having half learned too many things this bring an organized focus to my practice . Thanks so much for all you do Stephen 🙏🏻
Stephen, you inspire me so much. I am a better drummer because of you.I always make a point to watch your vids -- no matter what. In my busy life, I don't always make the time to sit down and work through it all the way, but man-o-man, even if I get just a couple of the moves you roll out, and even if I don't *perfect* them, I still realize that I am learning much, Your teaching still powerfully moves my drumming along the page. Sorry, I am only a "freebie" subscriber. I really really appreciate your heart and your generousity!!! \0/
Ho Lee Sheet You made my day. Truly. Thank you so much for letting me know how much the lessons have helped you. Humbling and inspiring to me, I assure you of that.
Wow, you really opened my eyes so I can see so many opportunities to be more creative as a drummer
Right now I'm more than grateful for this lesson. Keep calm and groove hard!
Excellent video. Clean, well produced, great teaching method. Did I mention this video is EXCELLENT. I'm recommending you for a raise effective immediately.
I'm taking these ideas and putting them in to my routines. Thanks again.
Thank you very much for the very interesting lesson I liked your method it makes order on the one hand and on the other hand opens up the possibility for the drummer to creat
Omg
I was pulling my eyes out during the start of this video...but I know Mr. Stephen was going somewhere...I just love his way of teaching. I love me some diddlers
Don’t pull your eyes out. They help you see. 🤓
I just stumbled across your channel, Stephen. These are amazing teaching techniques. I have been playing paradiddles since the 1960s, and I never saw this particular method of application. And yet, it is so rudimentary and musical. You are my new favorite online teacher! I very much appreciate your teaching technique. We simply never stop learning!
Thank you so much. I really appreciate the kind words...so glad my teaching style resonates with you my friend
thanks for the insight in how to structure my practice time, I'm over forty and the thought of learning(truly learning) how to play on a set is a little overwhelming, but the zoning and assembly line system really helps to move me forward
At last Stevo I've my home Studio together with a Portable PA & Pro Metranome to play to riffs recorded from our Bass player from the Blues club to Groove to & of course have my Laptop with all your great lessons to play along too !! HAPPY DAYS BUDDY !
The way you teaching it's so clear.makes things impossible for me to play before very enjoyable now after some time spend on practice 🤝 huge satisfaction 😀🥁🏋️ Thank you!!
Ooh I get it! Diddles will swap your dominant/lead hand, but fluidly and with the rhythm. Every third tap (by our count) lands on the opposite hand. Without knowing this comfortably, you'll either skip a beat or rush the previous one with a double tap. I'm a fire performer (object manipulation), and my best friend is a lifer on the drums. 20 and 29 years, respectively. He glossed over dittles, but turns out I did not! Every 3rd beat swinging 2 chains will switch lead hands... multiplying the places you can transition, and allows you to either set up a move with the other hand, or stick a landing with the music when you gotta finish on say, a triplet. No longer did I need to pre-plan every phrase or be confined to its position at start and finish, I could seamlessly meld into the next beat regardless of how the song pans it out. Upbeats became my home, and now my dance matches the funky broken prog I dance to. No time signature can defeat me. Muahahahahaha.
I’ve been running a bit dry lately,this video is brilliant,thank you so much 👍👍👍
Glad it helped!
Just blows me away with how much sense it makes to me. Makes me wish I was younger and learning a system like this. Very grateful for the insight and practical method for correct practice. Many Thanks...much respect...Cheers
You’re more than welcome Mike
Great lesson, can’t wait to execute this in my practice time.
John Gavin Thanks John!
Thank you so much for showing this process! This is going to prove incredibly useful.
Let us not forget orchestrating the switching of zones through an established chunk. Do Zone 1 for the first half of the chunk, Zone 2 for next half. Split a chunk into a weird number of zones!
(but at that point am I just taking a chunk and defining it as the sum of multiple smaller chunks, where each chunk stays in one zone for the entirety of a chunk???) ;)
Oh yea, You gotta start zonal mixing! That's actually the next step...I just didn't have time to get to it lol. Glad it proved useful!
This video is extremely helpful, I feel like I’ve been stuck with the drums for years in the same spot . And this is gonna help me out of that
Thanks so much, have learnt more here in 45 mins ,then any other time watching other vids.has a 52 year old who started playing last year I need all the help I can get,.pleas pleas keep them coming.....
rebecca lodge So glad it helped Rebecca!
great way of presenting lessons - casual but informative, he takes the stress out of learning
Thank you very much, Stephen !!
Thank you for this video. I played drums from 9 years (16 to 25) and am, just getting back into it again (now I am 5 0). This is very helpful (luckily I can read sheet music).
Glad it helped... and welcome back to the family!
As usual a great lesson the is structure and tailored and builds one skills
Thanks Vic...glad it helped!
Stephen , just came across this and I feel I have my next six month challenge - Thank you. I'm old, a slow learner (their is benefits in having to take it slow and you'd probably agree with that!) but I get what you say and I look forward to achieving this milestone in my playing (not that I get to do any where near as much practice as I would like :-( ). Appreciate everything you do to pass on your skills to all of us wanting to learn.
So glad it helpex!
Yowww. How was this free?? ❤️❤️🥺 Thank you so much.
Thanks for the video, I like how you break everything down in to bite size portions.
You are a great teacher. Thank you!
So glad it helped my friend
Great stuff Stephen. Systematic learning is essential to becoming well rounded drummer and musician. Your method requires, focus, discipline and routine. That foundation leads to musical freedom and individual identity for each player. You are right on brother. Thanks for sharing. GT Albright
Thanks!
Wow - amazing lesson. Thank you! I feel like I owe you money, now!!
This is HELPING!! Thumbs up!
Stephen, you are a super hero. Thank you for saving my bad drum habits. :)
I've definitly heard that the single paradiddle will end up with the most mileage on it! My doubles are definitly stronger right now; I've gotta put some time into powering up that transition from singles to doubles
Yea, the reason it's used so much is because it's just that, the transition point between singles and doubles.
Man, I would have never thought about this...thank you soooo much. I have alot to learn!
Awesome topic and lesson!! Thank you again Stephen
Dumdrum You bet!
This is exactly where I left drumming - my rudiments never all made it to my kit.
Some did but looking back more could have been used. If only my 15 year old self could be sent this awesome video.
Never too late to start back!
For so long, I was so frustrated because my drumming has become stagnant. Thanks to this lesson, I have something new to practice and add on to my music! Thanks, Stephen.
Wow Wow Love it! Glad it lit a fire under you
Very cool lesson. I love the way you zone the chunks. It provides a lot of variety in a simple groove. Thanks for sharing!
Tom Molotky You bet Tom
Best lesson I ever lean and and being taught..._
Again, a very good lesson, thanks Stephen Taylor !
awesome stuff... thank you for the guidance..
Hell yea Stephen, glad i got this in to start to tool bag. Hitting this soon. Thank ya man. Cheers
Very nice lesson. Thank you for your generosity.
Greatest teaching video I have seen since RUclips has begun. Subbed and liked. Only issues there isn’t a love button. Cheers!
Thank you my friend
Thanks Stephen, great lesson and I can see how this will also help with my solos!
great information as usual
this helps a lot stephen, thanks for this lesson
Mind. Blown. Thanks, Stephen. I've significantly improved just off this lesson.
Jonathan Arias That makes my day to know Jonathan. Thanks for telling me!
Best drum lesson ever..
Such a great lesson! Thank your putting this together, and making it available!