The Ultimate Paradiddle Lesson? (ALL Inversions)

[@faustomadebr]

For those who like short videos. 5 minutes here and you have 10 years of study.

[@Tardisntimbits]

I don't actually play drums, I play guitar, but there's something captivating about watching Dorothea teach and play that makes me come back to watch her. Much love from Canada!

[@DrumeoOfficial]

She has that affect on people for sure!

[@dtdrummerlady]

Thank you 😊

[@ИльяБожко-ц2к]

I use paradiddle for play the guitar. R - downstroke, L - upstroke. I am from Russia. Sorry for my bad English

[@shugyoforyou211]

Get a pair of sticks and a practice pad. It can only help your timing, meter and feel

[@vineflower]

Me too, I watch only her videos on drumeo for now!

[@thejackal007]

I never tire of seeing Dorothea teach us rudiments. She breaks them all down into such simple, bite-sized chunks that are easy to work with.

[@DrumeoOfficial]

Glad to hear it!

[@fluttershift]

​@@DrumeoOfficial More videos for those who just have 2 sticks and an Evans Reel Feel Pad.

[@papateachme]

Omg this is the only time a paradiddle lesson has actually got through to me!!! I love it

[@dtdrummerlady]

I’m happy to hear that 😊👍

[@stoney5137]

I know it's her gimmick, and she's way too good of a drummer for me to be distracted by it but...... Having grandma talk about a lick on drums and calling it "Tasty" is just freaking awesome! I would love to see her back stage after a show and be like "Would you like some fresh baked chcololate chip cookies and an after show bump?"

[@auraandtheowls]

God Dorothea is one of the best drum teachers ever, watching her play too is so amazing because of how well practiced she is.

[@DrumeoOfficial]

Wow, thank you Daniel!

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

Sista Dee’s a treasure, man ❤️ Great lesson

[@mountainhobbit1971]

"if you use the ghost notes it just makes it tasty" YES! She is the 'grandmother' of rudiments and 'putting the diddle in the middle'. ;-)

[@RockinExperience]

By far the BEST teacher. She puts it so simply, that I don't have to rewind to understand the lesson. 🍎 for the teacher!

[@DrumeoOfficial]

So glad to hear this!

[@dtdrummerlady]

Thanks so much Tommy 🙏

[@sambell385]

I rewinded 68 times ! stupid i quess🤷🏽‍♂️

[@dtdrummerlady]

@@sambell385 😊 I hope you didn’t have any problems. They are fun… try them

[@sambell385]

@@dtdrummerlady no not at all I was just being silly ! we love you tons keep doing what you’re doing I love drums I started lessons once but they were too expensive and life was too busy, that was when I was in my early 30s and now I am 56 ready for my second round

[@oxouk]

If a teacher told me to practice rudiments I would not be interested. However, if they gave me a lesson then showed me how great it sounds once applied, then I would give it my all. Dorothea does a great job of doing such.

[@DrumeoOfficial]

❤️❤️

[@dtdrummerlady]

🙏😊

[@oxouk]

@mothflap Too bad your English teacher didn’t say “You should place importance in grammar”.

[@oxouk]

@mothflap You’re adorable 🥰

[@geegeemcgee9135]

My teacher was a man in his 70's. He played the coolest triplet solo I'd ever heard. I wish I'd have recorded him, since I'll never hear it again. He has since passed away.

[@josephiousbrosif]

Someone out there has the coolest grandma ever!

[@scottgerling]

This is the most thorough demonstration of paradiddles I've ever seen and I have been drumming since 1979. Wow lady! Ahhhmazing!

[@marceloaraujo5978]

Wow!…this lady really understands what she’s talking about!…and in addition, she’s so cute!

[@chrispierce1305]

This is one of those times when I wished that KZbin had a LOVE button. Great vid!!

[@Shinare73]

My favorite use of paradiddles in music is that part in sultans of swing

[@DrumeoOfficial]

Haha I know exactly what you're talking about 😏

[@dtdrummerlady]

Yes! 😀

[@Joe-zk7ps]

This? kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmHJl3yAbL-Carc

[@Shinare73]

@@Joe-zk7ps yes! 👍

[@2020_Visi0n]

Gosh don't you just wish _she_ was yo granmammy!? Shes cool asf

[@CameronFleury]

Great stuff! 🤓

[@DrumeoOfficial]

Thanks Cameron!

[@josegaelgarciapablo]

Hi,good afternoon beautiful lady,I'm here to say to you that my friend ari is really madly in love with you,she would love being a student of yours

[@maryburns9482]

I love this Dorthea!! Thank you so much for this video!! You are awesome!!

[@DrumeoOfficial]

Cheers, Mary!

[@MrGorgar66]

Moving accents in Paradiddles was the way for me, to improve my ghostnotes to a level, I never thought I could reach. I love you Mam!

[@chadcarrdrums]

What a lovely lady with a great gift for not only playing, but explaining stickings in a clear and concise way.

[@PhillipConleyJr.]

The way that snare is tuned is giving me life!!

[@DennisJohnsonDrummer]

Definitely the most versatile rudiment. Thanks for sharing your talents.

[@DrumeoOfficial]

Cheers Dennis!

[@TrevorNortondrummer]

Very well explained. If only Thomas Lang could slow down and teach us some thing. Great teacher Dorothea. Slow and steady wins the race.

[@goesfastandfar]

What a great breakdown of how versatile the paradiddle can be when you move the accents around and get creative with them. A great teacher who wears very cool drumming shoes too!

[@charlesjones9925]

I wish I was related to her. 😆

[@pipelin6195]

That's impressive.

[@dummerdrummer4802]

Man I can't keep up with her ;-; she choppin for sure

[@chrissarte4283]

I uprescieted ma'am thankz a lot. You are the best Ever? ❤️❤

[@warren_r]

This is the PERFECT Drumeo video: Dorothea Taylor, stunning drum kit, unbelievable sound (especially the kick), a lesson on a very important drum rudiment, easily understandable on-screen graphics..... great job to everyone involved!

[@oscarperez-chirinos7862]

🥁🥁🥁🥁♥️♥️♥️♥️🎼🎼🎼🎼👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@MattMendians]

Very true I learned this almost 30 years ago from my teacher and I use these patterns always in my playing. Although I’m out of practice right now! Augh!

[@sarlaccstapeworm990]

This lady's AWESOME!!😁👍

[@damagecase3370]

She's the best ever

[@leptonyx1129]

Watching Dorothea on these rudiments was awesome and inspiring.

[@DrumeoOfficial]

Glad to hear it!

[@gleek18]

She is amazing! I am beginner. Any tips on what I should work on first? I want to have drum lessons but it’s expensive. Thank you.

[@wolfumz]

Do you have an acoustic kit or an electronic kit? I've been using the app Melodics with my edrums, as well as the game Clone Hero. But you need an e kit to use these. You absolutely should get at least a few private lessons (or maybe feedback from a friend who drums or something). Theres just no replacement for expert opinion and human contact here, a good instructors feedback over the sapn of 30 minutes will save you a lot of time and misery (possible years of misery). Especially as a beginner, you're going to need a lot of feedback and guidance on your posture, caring for your kit, gripping, etc. IMO the stuff that's been the most helpful to me as an absolute beginner (other than private lessons) is a book called "4 Way Coordination" by Dahlgren and Fine. I've barely scratched the surface, but the drills and rudiments in that book are crazy. I have an engineering degree, and 4 Way Coordination reminds me of certain textbooks I had for math courses, like Differential Equations... it's incredibly dense and intimidating when you open it up and look through it. But, if you rrad every word, you do the steps in order, and put in the time necessary to understand each step before moving on, you'll find yourself advancing to levels that seemed totally impossible a few months ago.

[@torcolts19]

Paradiddles are an endless supply of funk beats

[@DrumeoOfficial]

Very true

[@Аляксандр-б7в]

Доротея, вы прекрасны❤️! Привет от русскоязычной аудитории!

[@dougkinzinger]

I always avoided practicing my paradiddles and as a result I'm a weaker drummer than if I had!

[@thejohnnydavidson]

DT teaching Gaddiments on Gadd's snare! Does it get any better?

[@rebeccalucas6063]

I first saw her on TikTok, she's amazing 🤩

[@debralynnpaxton5238]

LOVE your snare sound ! Kick drum as well ! :D

[@Alfredolunafoto1]

Excellent teacher! Congratulations Drumeo

[@DrumeoOfficial]

Thanks!

[@vaughanxaviermusic]

Inverted paradiddle is my go to rudiment for shedding

[@drummingninja1065]

Just watched a video on this by another KZbin drummer by turning the inverted paradiddle into a double bass groove to sound like Mario Duplier (spelling?) from Gojira.

[@DrumeoOfficial]

Interesting, I'd love to check it out. Mind sending the link?

[@drummingninja1065]

@@DrumeoOfficial would love to. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYDdY2uai7CEmqs. if you guys could do some work with him, that'd be amazing. He's done some awesome content lately, specifically how to improve your balance for double bass.

[@MattiusFincham]

Dorothea, you're a marvelous teacher and a phenomenal player!

[@paulforrest6000]

Your calm demeanor, uncluttered instructions and excellent demos set you apart as a great teacher. Thank you Dorethea.

[@dtdrummerlady]

Thank you Paul

[@davidmay3852]

Another great display! Dorothea Taylor not only shows how to get our hands in shape, but gets the groove going!😎

[@FransvandenBergeMuziekschuur]

Such fun to see this lady. She is so positive… thank you.

[@bobstiger435]

She is a cool teacher wish I daf a teacher like that decades ago !!!

[@marcush5771]

Dorothea is so good!

[@warrenhenderson2717]

It’s nice to see women drummers who can play just as well as men 🥁

[@xbjrrtc]

More Dorothea videos, please! Love her 🤩

[@a-gappower1574]

Its wild how even the most basic rudiments can sound so cool on a set. People think you have to do crazy unique stuff to be a "good" set player, when in reality, you can sound awesome with like..... 5 rudiments lol

[@josegaelgarciapablo]

Guest

[@JanKlein913]

That's Amazing

[@jodyguilbeaux8225]

out of all the books and videos, this is the 1st time when anyone mention INVERSIONS. She is a great teacher,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,thank you.

[@TreasureTrain]

nothin better than seeing dorothea back in the lab

[@thomaskleinhans2384]

🙂 so great! Thanx so much!

[@JamisonRacin08]

That snare sounds 🔥

[@Zero_Ego]

Put the diddle in the middle of two diddles. (The last one) I just love this exercise/technique. One of my absolute favourites. It opens up your mind to the seemingly endless combinations especially when you expand and apply them to other rudiments such as the Six Stroke Roll and it's inversions. Thanks Dorothea and great to see you back behind the kit. Great chops. Hugs from Downunder.

[@DrumeoOfficial]

Endless possibilities, for sure. Cheers Steve!

[@dtdrummerlady]

Thanks so much Steve

[@jaimehernandez9930]

Es muy buena batería ella y maneja los rudimentos con mucha maestría!! Congratulstions Miss Taylor... I'm a Big fan of your Drumming thanks

[@jonathancifuentes2850]

I love this channel. Makes youtube have sense!!

[@DrumeoOfficial]

Whoa, cheers Jonathan!

[@JayJohnson4x4]

Dorothy has chops! love her!

[@drums2383]

Best paraddle teacher~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!

[@joetroutt7425]

I've learned all those inversions and even go through all the progressions of them without stopping but now I have to learn the different accents. Ghosting the diddles is not easy when I'm so use to playing all notes evenly. Lol

[@amphionification]

what a fantastic drummer

[@joelisaac2242]

it was feeling so rhythmic...and what great teaching too....at this age doing all of these is just unbelievable!!!

[@christinefilas9392]

Typical of this damn ageist country U.S.A. What are we supposed to lay down and die after age 50? I'm a 71 year old broad who just started playing again after a 40 year hiatus. I'm resigned to playing in my garage with music tracks because 71 year old broads aren't welcome as drummers in bands.

[@Fruizi]

So just because you are old means you are supposed to have no skills, everything in your life that you aquired amounts to nothing and you should be treated as ''that old thing'' instead of just an ordinary ''person''. Why do you guys treat older individuals like that? They are no different from you.

[@Dogdrum]

Nice lesson! Very thorough but well explained. Good lesson delivery! Thank you!

[@plutostube]

Angela Merkel in the spare time

[@xiaomipoco9491]

Thanks again for Another Lesson...♥️ Ma'am Dorothea ...and hole Drumeo family...

[@Michael-xw4er]

The rudiments carefully explained and the sound of that snare is gorgeous. Thanks for posting Dorothy!

[@gas221272]

my beloved old lady 🤗🤗🤗💖💖💖 PS stop. I'm already 50🐱‍🏍🐱‍🏍🐱‍🏍🔥🔥🔥

[@brandonleesmith1989]

Dorothea, you are a huge inspiration! I love watching your lessons and seeing you shine!

[@wyattstevens8574]

The inversions remind me of (of all things) either a train building speed, or (RLRRLRLL and company) the Rubik's Cube- reminds me of a basic algorithm format!

[@dbruestle3]

This is good stuff. Thanx

[@fastfiddler1625]

What a great motivator. A lot of times boring musical rudiments just silently work skills in the background. A three octave minor scale on violin is something you just... do, because the teacher says it'll make you better. Seeing how a simple rudiment can become literally a cool fill should motivate anyone to break out that practice pad.

[@mickavellian]

Yeah I just BUZZ them and drum teacjers hear it and go OMG.. oh you're buzzing ?? NO I M N O T ! I picked the buzz rol from Ringo in ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE,, How does a man who never took a LESSON buzzes the sticks (sounds like he has wrists thjat are buit with very snappy materia) Yeah they are TRICKS BUT Sir Starkey where did you learn so many?

[@bumblebee9875]

This ain't drumming!! This is " Funning" Dorothea always inspires💖

[@bezalelsamuel346]

🔥🔥🔥

[@dalatina911]

I found this at the perfect time! I’ve really been trying to work on my rudiments lately - they always seemed a bit intimidating to me. But right now I’m focusing on my paradidddles and 5-stroke rolls, so this helps me tremendously!!

[@johnsantapietro1521]

Awesome lesson, Dorothea. I'm definitely saving this. Thanks!!

[@bradproctor6499]

Top 3 favorite videos

[@sichothe_rock7201]

Dorothea is icon for us beginners from all the world. Kazakhstan is also here🇰🇿🤘

[@rockinrendell]

i just can't play paradiddles except slowly. which makes me dislike them. i'm not a professional drummer. guitarist of 50yrs next year. drums were the first instrument i started with at 9yrs. started guitar at 14 now i'm 63 been playing drums again for 4yrs now.

[@michaelpridgen9619]

She worked at McFadden Music in Myrtle Beach back in the early 2000s and I loved seeing her in the drum section!

[@bmartin1470]

Great lesson. I luv my Drumeo membership. Such a diverse group of instructors that all bring passion to their drumming. Thx Dorothea

[@Jess-ht2or]

I've been practicing Stick Control ever since I saw its video on Drumeo. Even though all these 3 patterns are part of the exercise routine, it never struck me that they could be used musically as a groove too. This is awesome!

[@tombiggs491]

Dorothea didn't you play traditional grip at one time?? I was taught traditional grip back when I started in the 1970s and never played well, it has kept me back. Could you do a video on switching from Traditional to Matched?? I have tried but my left hand does not want to play matched. Just doesn't work. Anyway, thanks for your Video, its always great stuff.

[@Steveb1200]

Hi. I have just started to play drums. I currently just play basic rhythms for my church. Do you have a beginner course? Thanks.

[@primalconcretesledge3137]

Those cymbals are fucking JUICY!!!

[@popeyesailor9571]

I always tell young drummers learn your rudiments first. Then when you hear other drummers you can figure stuff out easy. The whole term of "ghost notes" came from drumlines like Boston Crusaders playing ghost flams so only the grace note is played. Ghost notes are GRACE Notes.

[@roncar1761]

In my music background I learn about the "P" not when I was playing drums, but as a bass player hanging out with drummers. The funny thing I was doing "P" by listening and copying other drummers not knowing the background. 🥁

[@joegonyea2476]

Very nice, I wish you could be right next to me next to my drums to teach me,your amazing

[@Ivandnk13]

бабуль, сделай кавер что нибудь из метлы чтоб прям агресивный "!death" или "thrash" какой нибудь

[@forthefunofit5487]

I love her. she knows her drums and how to play!!

[@loganjmcmahon]

Dorothea rules 🤘

[@aaronmerry]

Me out with grandma: Can I have paradiddles? Grandma: No, I have paradiddles at home. Paradiddles at Grandma's house:

[@Chiroman527]

Watching the GodMother of Drumming makes it look so easy. I'm 70 YO, retired, and i have resurrected playing drums after 50 Years (1969). I play to My Music about 1 hours a day, in my Finished Bsement for personal enjoyment. BUT I always seek to try to step by step, get Better. Sister D's instructions breaks down the Paradiddles like No other. I still have my original Drum sticks, Remo Practice Pad, and initial Music book when I started lessons in 1966. I won't be playing any GIGs, unless someone locally starts up a Geriatric band, but being able to play an instrument is just a very satisfying feeling. And of Course, Drumming is in the Blood. As Sonny & Cher sang soooo many years ago (1965), "The Beat Goes On".

[@michaelelliott4224]

Can you do this with other of the 40 International Drum Rudiments? Like a Flamacue or Ratamacue?