The 5-let in the first bar is a very common Philly Joe Jones lick, which uses an inverted paradiddle-diddle sticking to take up one-and-half beats. The same lick can be played as a sextuplet rhythm and take up a single beat.
The 5-let in the first bar is a very common Philly Joe Jones lick, which uses an inverted paradiddle-diddle sticking to take up one-and-half beats. The same lick can be played as a sextuplet rhythm and take up a single beat.