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English translation: Diddles BUY the opposite hand a whole stroke's worth of time ...

05:30 Apr 12, 2010

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What is a diddle? Two strokes with one hand. The most commonly spoken about pattern with diddles is the paradiddle (RLRRLRLL). Being able to play diddles whenever you want, with whichever hand and independent of what your other limbs are doing is key.
Why?
1) Diddles swap your leading hand. A paradiddle which is a single stroke roll leading with the right hand swaps to a singles stroke lead by the left. This effect becomes even more apparent in double and triple paradiddles. This is a crucial benefit in solos and in fills.
2) ***Diddles by the opposite hand a whole stroke’s worth of time to move somewhere else on the kit. *** For example while your righ hand plays a diddle your left can move from the tom to the crash in a fill.
3) A lot of beautiful useful drum grooves were and can be derived from this family of rudiments.

I don't really get the asterisked sentence, and it seems to me there's something wrong with it, or there's something missing probably.
Is it really so?

Andrew Vdovin KudoZ activity Questions: 3923 (2 open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 3924
Local time: 12:51

Selected answer:Diddles BUY the opposite hand a whole stroke's worth of time ...

Explanation:
I agree with the sense of saving or giving time as suggested by other answerers, but I immediately read this as a simple typo for
BY - BUY
as in buying the other hand time to move elsewhere

Selected response from:

Alison MacG
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:51

Grading comment

Thank you ever so much Alison! Thanks everybody!!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED

5 +5

Diddles by the opposite hand GIVE YOU a whole stroke’s worth of time ...

Samantha Payn

3 +6

Diddles BUY the opposite hand a whole stroke's worth of time ...

Alison MacG

4 +2

Diddles by the opposite hand GIVE YOU...

Alison Sabedoria (X)

Diddles by the opposite hand TAKE a whole stroke’s worth of time to move somewhere else on the kit.

airmailrpl

Diddles by the opposite hand SAVE a whole stroke's worth...

JaneTranslates

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

1 hr confidence:

something wrong with the sentence? Diddles by the opposite hand TAKE a whole stroke’s worth of time to move somewhere else on the kit.

Explanation:
Missing word : Diddles by the opposite hand TAKE a whole stroke’s worth of time to move somewhere else on the kit.

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 02:51
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 15

1 hr confidence:

something wrong with the sentence? Diddles by the opposite hand SAVE a whole stroke's worth...

Explanation:
The opposite-hand diddle covers for the leading hand's move to another spot on the kit. It's a timesaver, in a sense.

I agree that a word is missing, but it appears to me that the writer is pointing out the advantages of doing a diddle with the opposite hand, not complaining that it takes up time.

JaneTranslates
Puerto Rico
Local time: 01:51
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

something wrong with the sentence? Diddles by the opposite hand GIVE YOU a whole stroke’s worth of time ...

Explanation:
... to move somewhere else on the kit.
I think the sense is that the time the diddle takes is an advantage as JaneTranslates says.

Samantha Payn
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 27

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

something wrong with the sentence? Diddles by the opposite hand GIVE YOU...

Explanation:
or LEAVE YOU a stroke's worth...

As Jane suggests, one hand is filling in with a diddle, allowing the other (leading) hand to go to another part of the kit, but I think this is a more natural way of saying how it works.

Alison Sabedoria (X)
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4