paradiddle
See also: Paradiddle
WOTD – 17 April 2006
English
Etymology
Imitative.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpæɹəˌdɪdəl/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪdəl
Noun
paradiddle (plural paradiddles)
- (music) A percussive exercise (one of 26 drum rudiments) which involves playing four even strokes in the order ‘right left right right’ or ‘left right left left’
Translations
percussive exercise
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See also
- paradiddle diddle
Verb
paradiddle (third-person singular simple present paradiddles, present participle paradiddling, simple past and past participle paradiddled)
- To produce percussive sounds of this kind.