Pete Riley - Rudiment Of The Month - Double Paradiddle - Issue 300

A double paradiddle is the longer six-note variant of the single paradiddle.
Sometimes referred to as a paraparadiddle, it’s the single-stroke element of the paradiddle, which has been doubled to give us R L R L R R, L R L R L L.
Occasionally, the double paradiddle is confused with its other relative, the paradiddlediddle (R L R R L L) - but as well as being a different sticking, the
stand-out difference is that the double paradiddle will switch from hand to hand as it repeats, whereas the paradiddle-diddle will remain in the hand it starts in, whether that’s left or right. [continues in magazine]
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