#6 The Single Paradiddlediddle: Morphing in Slow Motion

This video addresses the importance of slow motion notation when learning and applying open/close technique. The system is described in detail by Gordy Knudtson in his book Morphing Doubles of which I reference when discussing the single paradiddlediddle.

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This video will take you through the single paradiddlediddle, the 6 stroke roll, the pata fla fla, the singled six and the six stroke roll played with singles. All of these rudiments have a common element that come from the single paradiddlediddle. Watch to find out how to morph between these rudiments and learn how open/close connects them one to another. Learn the specifics of discrete doubles, interwoven singles and the delayed close stroke and how to execute them.

In the 21st century there are four principal rudimental drumming cultures: Swiss Basler Trommeln, Scottish pipe drumming, Anglo-American ancient drumming, and American modern drumming (or DCI hybrid drumming). Other organized rudimental systems include the French, Dutch, German (Prussian), Swedish, Trommeslått, Bavarian, Austro-Hungarian, Italian, Belgian, Mexican, Russian, Swiss Ordonnanz Trommel (non-Basel, poorly understood outside of Switzerland) systems, which are still studied and performed on a small scale in their home countries. There is also a distinct historic Spanish rudimental culture, though this system is no longer widely used, as well as a similarly defunct Sicilian system.

Recently, the International Association of Traditional Drummers (IATD) has been working to once again promote the 26 NARD rudiments of 1933 (1870 Strube list of 25 plus 1). One of the chief issues the IATD has with the PAS 40 is the "Swiss influence," though only eight of the extra 14 rudiments (that do not appear in the Standard 26) are foreign or not found in American military manuals prior to Strube. Only two of those eight non-traditional rudiments can be traced to a Swiss origin.

There is a movement in the German-speaking areas of Europe, led by Claus Hessler and Percussion Creativ, to revise rudimental practices and combine the French and Basel systems with some of the modern American rudiments into a single Rudimental Codex of 42 rudiments. The Rudimental Codex has been submitted to UNESCO as an intangible World Heritage Site.

Rudiments according to the Percussive Arts Society. There are more than 850 rudiments worldwide, but these 40 are the current American standards, referred to as “international” because they mix rudiments traditionally used in Anglo-American drumming with several drawn from the Swiss Basel drumming tradition. They were compiled by a committee led by Jay Wanamaker in 1984 that also happened to include William F. Ludwig Jr., son of the founder of NARD in 1933. In contrast, there are 26 rudiments between the NARD 13 Essential and 13 Rudiments to Complete sheets, 46 rudiments on the Scottish Drumming Rudiments sheet,[98] and 42 rudiments on the French/Swiss Rudimental Codex sheet.

Видео #6 The Single Paradiddlediddle: Morphing in Slow Motion канала Michael DeQuattro