Once you learn the pattern you can apply it in all different kinds of ways around the kit. Here’s that same pattern, a little faster and with my throwing some
toms in for a bit of spicing up.

Bittner Ex. 7– CD Track 11

For this next example, we’re just going to move everything to the toms just to have kind of a rhythmic tribal groove happening. It’s the same double-
paradiddle sticking, but played on the toms. First I’ll play it at the regular speed, then I’ll slow it down.
Bittner Ex. 8 – CD Track 12
Bittner Ex. 9 – CD Track 13
The next example that I’m going to play, is not really the full double-paradiddle pattern, but I’m going to show you how you can take part of it and put into a
little kind of groove thing. This particular groove is similar to one of the songs on my side band’s album, played at two tempos: medium and slow.
Bittner Ex. 10 – CD Track 14
Bittner Ex. 11 – CD Track 15
Lastly, I’ll show you the same formula, only now with a triple paradiddle. The sticking is Right - Left - Right -Left - Right - Left - Right - Right, Left - Right - Left -
Right -Left - Right - Left - Left, played at a medium tempo, with a little bit of improvisation, and then slower.

Bittner Ex. 12– CD Track 16

Bittner Ex. 13 – CD Track 17

Keep in mind that when you’re playing the pattern as a groove, you’re accenting the T WO and FOUR on the snare drum. All other notes on the snare drum
should be ghost notes in order to give you the T WO - FOUR feel.