Re: [Harp-L] paradiddles

["Gordon Graham" <ggraham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John,

Thanks,

Gordon

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Dixon" <jwdixon_sbis@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Gordon Graham" <ggraham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] paradiddles


> I've been trying to think about that also since the last
> discussion.  I thought of some excercises that I used to do when I
> first started drumming.  This would only be for rhythmn because
> rhythmn is all you have to work with in percussion.  Ok, not all,
> but you don't get anywhere else unless you have the rhythmn FIRST. 
> The excercises I've thought about were essentially chugging
> excercises, but here goes anyway.  I have this in my head and I'm
> not sure how to convey it, but assume a " " is a equally timed rest
> with the beat "B" or "D".
> 
> D D D D DBD DBDBD DBDBDB BDBDB BDB B B B B
> 
> To keep yourself in time you may want to tap your foot, but be sure
> to tap your foot on the D.  It should put you on the backbeat by
> the end and maybe you should feel a little syncopated somewhere in
> the middle.  To get a good feel for what you're doing breathing you
> could tap a table with your finger tips and use RLRLRLRL to get
> going, then keep the movement up, but don't actually touch the
> table with one or the other of your fingers keeping it interesting
> with a little change-up.
> 
> How about a little gallop type deal using the same inadequate
> notation from above.  Notice that you're skipping two half beats or
> a full beat as the gallop gets going.  
> 
> D DBD DBD DBD DB BDB  BD  BD  BD DBD DBD DB BD
> 
> This is probably the precursor to doing your paradiddles.  Once you
> can mix paradiddles (DBDDBDBB) and double paradiddles
> (DBDBDDBDBDBB) into your the rhythmn, then you're cooking
> rhythmically.  After you are mixing in paradiddles and dropping out
> "hits" to add depth and interest to they rhythmn (same as
> excercises above), I would probably go with "double hits".  In
> other words, don't break the rhythmn, but double time a draw or
> blow.  Again in the inadequate notation.
> 
> D B D B D B D B D B DDB D B D B DDB
> 
> Glad that a little of my past musical experience might actually be
> useful to somebody because I gain so much from this list and all of
> the members, pros and newbies to harmonica.
> 
> I'm not sure whether I actually gave you anything you didn't
> already think of, but it was worth a shot.
> 
> JD
> 
> --- Gordon Graham <ggraham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone have practical ideas on incorporating drum rudiments
> > into playing? ....I have been working on them since the last
> > discussion..but am confused about what to do with them besides
> > chugging patterns and accents.
> > 
> > Gordon
> > 
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