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noun A pattern of drumbeats characterized by four basic beats and alternating left-handed and right-handed strokes on the successive primary beats.

I never sat in a room and tried to copy records or practice a paradiddle. — ɘloЯ
Although a beginning percussion student may know what motions are involved in a paradiddle, it will still take practice to develop the motor programs required to produce those motions. — Architectradure
But flam paradiddle-diddles are tricky, because the extra diddle reverses the sticking, so the hand that plays the second diddle also has to play the accented stroke of the following first flamâ€” three quick strokes with the same hand, ending on the accent, which goes against inertia. — Moe Tucker
She uses fat marching sticks, her hands arthritic, weightless flam paradiddle-diddles tossed off left and right, her accelerando poised and controlled. — Moe Tucker
LEE: How about a paradiddle, OK. — CNN Transcript Oct 26, 2004