{"id":74,"date":"2012-09-08T23:50:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-08T23:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pdxdrummer.com\/index.php\/2012\/09\/08\/basic-paradiddle-funk\/"},"modified":"2017-06-18T02:56:26","modified_gmt":"2017-06-18T02:56:26","slug":"basic-paradiddle-funk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pdxdrummer.com\/index.php\/2012\/09\/08\/basic-paradiddle-funk\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic paradiddle funk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Man, there’s just a whole lot of stuff besides blogging on my mind lately\u2014 like a Europe tour and recording project\u2014 so we may not see a lot of hugely substantive posts in the coming weeks. We’ll see. But here’s a pretty straightforward page of funk beats, or fragments of funk beats, based on paradiddles:<\/p>\n

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As you can see, we’re adding bass drum to the familiar inversions<\/p>\n

RLRR LRLL<\/div>\n
RLLR LRRL<\/div>\n
RRLR LLRL<\/div>\n
RLRL LRLR<\/div>\n

played with the right hand on the hihat, and the left hand on the snare, and accenting on the beat. I play the right hand at a fairly even volume, with big dynamics in the left; playing the unaccented notes very softly, and the accented notes strongly.<\/p>\n

Get the pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Some practice suggestions after the break:<\/p>\n

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\nAfter you get them down one measure at a time, combine measures to make a repeating four-beat pattern,\u00a0 like so\u2014here are the first two measures of the second line combined:<\/p>\n

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The sequence I use is 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, etc… 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, etc…, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, etc\u2014 repeating each of those combinations many times before moving on to the next one.<\/p>\n

In the course of running the combinations, I would also eliminate the bass drum on beat 1 of the second measure:<\/p>\n

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Probably it’s good practice to memorize the beats as you run them; read them the first time you play them, then look away from the page and play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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