Learn to play single paradiddles online with interactive drums.

Interactive drum lesson and sheet music to download.

The possible combinations we can play with the paradiddles on the various elements of the drum set are endless.

In this drum lesson the interactive drums play some applications of the first single paradiddle on the drum set elements, with the left hand playing the snare accenting the first stroke of second and fourth fourth and with a steady beat of the right hand on ride cymbal. Of course you can play the same stroke combinations using other drum kit elements of your choice.
If you want to know and learn to play all the fundamental paradiddles, also follow the tutorial dedicated to paradiddles, with interactive drums and scores to download.

To compose your own drum beats, try the Virtual Drum Machine, it can be useful for studying and creating the rhythmic bases of your songs.

In the drum sheet of this lesson the first pattern plays the constant hands part, the following ones add different combinations of bass drum strokes.
As always in this drumming lessons, for a deeper study, you can play all the patterns consecutively. Interactive drums can also play the score lines in sequence, by pressing the CHAIN button.

Learn to read the drum sheet music:    Drum set elements    Notes and Rests    Tie and Dot