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In percussion, a diddle consists of two consecutive notes played by the same hand (either RR or LL). This is similar to the drag, except that by convention diddles are played the same speed as the context in which they are placed, where drags are played at twice the speed as the context in which they are placed.

For example, in a sixteenth note passage any diddles in that passage would by definition also be sixteenth notes. In a twenty-fourth note passage, any diddles in that passage would also be twenty-fourth notes.

Continuously playing alternating diddles (or drags) results in a double-stroke roll, where the length of the roll is (#diddles x 2) + 1, where the 1 is for the "release note" of the roll.

The diddle by itself is technically not a rudiment. But when used in context with its cousins, the Paradiddle and roll variations, it is one of the basic building blocks in drumming.

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	Single Paradiddle	Image:16 single paradiddle.gif
	Double Paradiddle	Image:17 double paradiddle.gif
	Triple Paradiddle	Image:18 triple paradiddle.gif
	Paradiddle-Diddle	Image:19 paradiddle diddle.gif

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did·dle 2 Pronunciation (ddl) v. did·dled, did·dling, did·dles v.tr.