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Summary: Learn how to play single fills exercises for paradiddle patterns on the drums in this free music lesson video clip.
Kevin Grossman is a young drummer who is studying music at the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz, in the University of Hartford. He currently plays in the up and coming progressive band...read more
"So, now we're going to take this single paradiddle and we're going to put it into some drum fills. So, you can play three measures of any rock and roll drum beat. Any drum beat you want. For right now, we'll do the single paradiddle drum beat to keep you working in the paradiddle mood. So, you take it. And, this is the fill. Which, is paradiddles. Except, on those strong beats on the accented beats the one-two-three and four. Your right hand is going to play on the floor tom. Left hand on the high tom. To workout this fill, you can just work on that for as long as you can. Start off slow. And, bring you up to speed. Even faster. But, now I'll demonstrate it for you with a beat. One-two-three-four."