Minute of Drums - Episode 8: Inverted Paradiddle

For years as a young drummer I knew I was supposed to practice paradiddles, but had no idea how they could actually be applied in a musical way. It turns out there is a world of possibilities if you move the starting note around and experiment with accents. I find that this “inversion” lends itself to melodic phrasing around the set and has a natural groove to it.