PARADIDDLE


Meaning of PARADIDDLE in English

[ 'parəˌdɪd(ə)l ]

■ noun Music one of the rudiments of drumming, consisting of four even strokes played in the order ‘left right left left’ or ‘right left right right’.

Origin

1920s: imitative.

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