Definitions
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- noun music A
percussive exercise (one of manyrudiments ) which involves playing six even strokes in the order ‘right left right right left left ’ or ‘left right left left right right’
Etymologies
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Imitative.
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Examples
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I take a deep breath and try again, spitting out a right-handed flam paradiddle-diddle, then a sound from the drum like wiping out on my bicycle, and my sticks come to rest with a buzz.
Moe Tucker 2008
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I take a deep breath and try again, spitting out a right-handed flam paradiddle-diddle, then a sound from the drum like wiping out on my bicycle, and my sticks come to rest with a buzz.
Moe Tucker 2008
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