Paradiddle Bass Drum Variations Drummers Against ITK

Bass Drums variations on a paradiddle diddle with your hands.
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[@Anihime]

Hey Richard! Your new student Carina, here. Those paradiddles sound great! :D Looking forward to our next class. See you!

[@drummersagainstitk]

Brigado. See you on the 4th.

[@Finsami71]

Would love to see you playing w a band.

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

I've watched a dozen or so videos. I've been playing since 1984 but haven't been active because, for some reason, drums and cymbals are oddly expensive. I think Zildjian has a custom ride that's about a billion dollars, and that's only to look at it. Neighbors suck too. Anyway, let me try to summarize things and please let me know if I get it: open handed playing permits the drummer to execute fills without taking his left hand off the hi-hat or ride. "Time" is constant and never implied in the fill itself. I think you define "time" as the repetitive patterns we play on the hi-hat. Now, I've always loved Nicko McBrain. He plays a LOT of long fills. Almost all of his playing is on the ride. Having one bass drum, he's always playing quarter notes with his left foot. It never stops keeping time no matter what else he might be doing. Would this be a variation of your approach? Must the original "time" pattern be maintained exactly?

[@drummersagainstitk]

Yes time (implied) is a constant wither you play a fill or not. Open hand position is optimum, especially with the invention of the remote hihat. There is a whole world open to you when you use your weak side LH to just play simple time. If things are very fast or syncopated...then yes, you must use your strong side. But it is rare. No the original time pattern can be changed up but the idea always is to use your weak side to play simple time NOT your strong side...quarters, eighths...