Meanings
nounparadiddle-diddle (plural paradiddle-diddles)
plural paradiddle-diddles
- entertainmentA percussive exercise (one of many rudiments) which involves playing six even strokes in the order ‘right left right right left left’ or ‘left right left left right right’.
Origin
Imitative.
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