Sloppy Jessee was written for the 2015 Weber State Indoor Percussion snare line, initially to work on two-accent paradiddles. The rudiment does not appear in music especially often, but this will still be a beneficial exercise to work on for the control over doublestroke quality and accent-tap contrast it can facilitate. The challenge added by the second accent is that each hand must upstroke quickly after playing a low doublestroke. This challenge is like what appears in paradiddle-diddles; however, paradiddle-diddles have a longer space between the doublestroke and the following accent.
So a figure that looks fairly trivial on paper ends up looking (and sounding) sloppy in practice, because the demand for an open and legato second accent interferes with the demand for a low and well-timed doublestroke. Having the control to realize a quality doublestroke, an aggressive upstroke, and then a relaxed and legato accent (without doing unnecessary work or adding unnecessary tension to your grip) will pay off across a range of rudimental contexts.
