Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A paradiddle is a special drum sequence that alternates between left and right hands in striking the rhythm. The "standard" paradiddle proceeds: LRLL RLRR and is repeated (where L represents the left hand struck and R the right hand struck). Other paradiddles include: the double paradiddle: LRLLRR RLRRLL triple paradiddle: LRLR LRLL RLRL RLRR and other variations. Steve Reich used a melodic (not simply percussive) version of the paradiddle in his Phase Patterns. Robin Watson was known to be a master of the paradiddle, and is called the Padiddler by many fans. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.