Content

• Steps
• Part 1 of 5: Basic beatboxing techniques
• Part 2 of 5: Intermediate beatboxing techniques
• Part 3 of 5: Advanced beatboxing techniques
• Part 4 of 5: Singing and Beatboxing
• Part 5 of 5: Templates
• Changing the rhythm of the drum
• Bass
• Small
• Dishes
• Other
• Main bit
• Double cymbals
• Double cymbal changes
• Extended bit
• Techno beat
• The main beat of drum and bass
• Simple but cool bit
• MIMS bit "This is Why I'm Hot"
• Classic hip hop beat
• Snoop Dogg's beat in "Drop It Like It's Hot"
• Creating your own images
• Tips
• Warnings

Beatboxing is not much different from normal human speech. You only need to develop a sense of rhythm and accentuate some letters and vowels in pronunciation. Until you do this, you will not be able to speak beatboxing language. Start with basic sounds and rhythms, and then move on to more complex patterns as you get better and better.

Steps

Part 1 of 5: Basic beatboxing techniques

1. 1 Understand that there are many sounds you will need to master. To get started, you have to master three basic beatboxing sounds: bass drum {b}, cymbals {t}, and the classic snare drum {p} or {pf}. Practice combining sounds into an 8-beat rhythm like this: {bt pf t / bt pf t} or {bt pf t / b b pf t}. Make sure to get correct sync. You should start slowly and build up speed over time.
2. 2 Practice bass drum {b}. The easiest way to do this is with the letter "b". To play this sound loud and short, you need to do a lip wobble. This is when you let the air vibrate through your lips, a bit like puffing up gum. After you can do this, you do a very short lip swing.
   • Say b as if you are messing with it.
   • This time, keep your lips closed and let the pressure build up.
   • You must control the release of your lips just enough to allow them to vibrate for a short period of time.
3. 3 Next, try duplicating the cymbals {t}. Make a simple "ts" sound, but your teeth should be clenched or clenched slightly. Move the tip of your tongue forward behind the front teeth for cymbal sounds, and to the traditional t position for heavy cymbals.
   • Exhale for longer to create an open cymbal sound.
4. 4 Try sequential or advanced cymbals. You can also make sequential cymbals by playing a tktktktk sound using the middle back of your tongue to produce a k sound. You can open up the cymbal sound by stretching the breath in "tc" so that it looks more like "shhhhh" for a more realistic sound. Another way to get a realistic high-pitched cymbal sound is to reproduce the "TC" sound with your clenched teeth.
5. 5 Try playing a classic snare drum. The easiest way to do this is to play sounds that contain the letter "p". However, making "p" sounds too quiet. There are several things you can do to make it louder:
   • Oscillation of the lips when you squeeze air out of the lips and make it vibrate;
   • You breathe out while making the sound "nx". .
   • To make the "p" sound more interesting and like a "trap", most beatboxers add a second continuous sound in the original "p" sound: pf ps psh bk.
   • Change {n} like a kick drum, just use the very front of the lips, not the side, and squeeze them more.
   • Pull your lips out a little so that they are slightly hidden, as if you had no teeth.
   • Apply slight air pressure behind closed lips.
   • Pump up your lips (not literally) and just before returning them to their normal position (not hidden), release the air with a "p" sound.
   • Immediately after releasing the air and the "n" sound, tighten your lower lip against the lower teeth to make a "fff" sound.

Part 2 of 5: Intermediate beatboxing techniques

1. 1 Practice until you are ready for the intermediate methods. Once you've mastered the three basic beatboxing sounds, it's time to move on to the intermediate ones. It can be a little more difficult, but with practice you can perfect them.
2. 2 Develop a good bass drum sound. This is done by pressing the lips together and pressing the tongue and jaw, pushing the tongue forward from the back of the mouth and closing the jaw at the same time. Let some of your gums hold to the side for a moment so the air can escape and create a kick drum sound. You should add pressure from the lungs, but not so much that you later have an airy sound.
   • If you are not getting enough bass sound, you need to loosen your lips a little. If your sound doesn't sound like a kick drum at all, you need to tighten your lips or make sure you do it like a lip cream.
   • Another way to approach this is to say "fluff". Then attenuate the "uh" sound so that there is emphasis on the first sound and so that it sounds like a little puff. Try to hold on firmly so as not to let any sound come out of the "uh", and also try not to make any hoarse sound or airborne noise.
   • Once you're comfortable with this exercise, you can tighten your lips slightly and force more air through them to create a big sounding bass drum.
3. 3 Check out other ways to make percussion sounds. Bring your tongue to the back of your mouth and build up pressure with your tongue or lungs. Use your tongue if you're chasing speed, or use your lungs if you want to inhale at the same time you create sound.
   • Try saying "pff", stopping after "f", stopping just a millisecond or so after "n". Raising the corners of the mouth and tightening the lips will help the original "p" sound more realistic. You can also use the same technique to change the obvious step into a trap.
4. 4 Add the percussive sound of a drum machine to the overall sounds. Say "ish" first. Then try saying "ish" without adding "w" at the end, again focusing on the first sound.Keep it very short and you will get a kind of grunt in the back of your throat. Move a little as you say this to get a big, accented attack.
   • Once you're comfortable, add an "w" at the end and you have a synth-like percussive sound. You can also work on moving the wheeze so that it feels like it is coming from the top of the throat for a higher drum sound, or so that it feels like it is coming from the bottom of the throat and creates a lower drum sound.
5. 5 Don't forget about the plates. This is one of the simplest sounds to play. Whisper (do not speak) the syllable "chish". Do it again, but this time clenching your teeth and emphasizing the vowel, going from "h" straight to "w" without a practical transition, and you will have the sound of basic cymbals.
6. 6 Play back cymbal sound. Place the tip of your tongue so that it touches where your upper teeth meet your taste buds. Keep your upper lip away from your lower lip and breathe through your mouth. Notice how the air currents pass your teeth and tongue and create a kind of small moving sound. Then inhale strongly again and this time close your lips as you inhale; you should feel that they are closed and not make a choppy sound.
7. 7 Remember to breathe! You would be surprised at the number of beatboxers who faint because they forget that their lungs need oxygen. You can start breathing by putting the breath in rhythm. Eventually, you will increase your lung capacity.
   • The intermediate technique is to inhale during the tongue trap, as this requires the smallest lung volume. By slowly practicing breathing, you will become an expert, but this will only happen when each sound becomes independent (see the previous step). Thus, separating the breath from the beat will make several kinds of bass sounds, trap sounds, and even help reproduce some cymbal sounds without pause.
   • As an alternative to breathing exercises, there are many sounds that can be made by breathing inward (variations of traps and sounds of applause).
8. 8 Develop your inner sound technique. One thing that puzzles people like beatboxers is whether it is possible to beatbox for a long time without actually taking a breath, i.e. make a sound and breathe at the same time? This is called inner sound. Some of the best sounds are done this way.
   • There are many ways to make internal sounds. Almost every sound that can be made outward can be made inward, although this may take some practice.
9. 9 Hold the microphone properly. Microphone technique is very important for performance or if you just want to improve the sound you make in your mouth. There are various ways to hold the microphone. You can just hold it as you sing, but some beatboxers prefer to place the microphone between your ring and middle fingers, and then grab the microphone with your first two fingers at the top at the base and your finger at the bottom of the microphone for a clearer sound.
   • Try not to breathe into the microphone while you beatboxing.
   • Many beatboxers show squalor because they do not hold the microphone correctly and therefore are unable to increase the strength and clarity of the sounds they produce.

Part 3 of 5: Advanced beatboxing techniques

1. 1 Keep practicing until you are ready for advanced skills. Once you've acquired the basic and intermediate skills, it's time to learn some advanced techniques. Don't worry if you are unsure of which to choose. With practice, you can do everything.
2. 2 Develop a radical kick drum sound (X). This should be used in place of a kick drum and takes about 1/2 to 1 beat. To make a radical kick drum, start by learning the techniques you are going to do.Release your lips so that they vibrate as you blow air past them. Touch the tip of the tongue to the inner gums of the lower teeth and push it forward to perform the technique.
3. 3 Work on the techno bass technique (U). This can be done with the sound "oof", as if you had just been wounded in the stomach. Do this with your mouth closed. You should be able to feel it in your chest.
4. 4 Add a techno trap to the mix (D). This is done in the same way as techno bass, but you need to position your mouth as if you are going to give a "shhhh" sound. You still get bass sound from the bottom.
5. 5 Don't forget about basic scratching. This is done by changing the airflow using any of the previous methods. Usually, the wrong scratching technique involves different movements of the tongue and lips depending on the instrument you are trying to portray. To better understand what you are doing, write yourself down. Then, using a music program such as Windows Sound Recorder, listen to the recording backwards.
   • Learn to emulate reversed sounds that will actually double the methods you know. Also, try to create a sound and then immediately create its opposite (exception: a bass sound followed by reverse in rapid succession makes standard scratching noise).
   • Crab scratching:
     • Keep your thumb up. Open your hand, palm up, and place your fingers 90 degrees to the left.
     • Purse your lips tightly. Place your hand on your lips just next to the crack of your thumb.
     • Soak up the air. This should make the sound deformation sound like a DJ.
6. 6 Work with jazz brushes. Blow out slightly through your mouth trying to reproduce the "f". You can create accents by blowing a little harder on the 2 and 4 beats.
7. 7 Add rimshot. Whisper “kow,” then say it again without “oh”. Press the "k" a little harder and you get a rim shot.
8. 8 Add clicks (kkkkk). This is a very difficult technique for beginners, but once you master it, you can use it whenever you want. To begin with, place your tongue to the right (or left, depending on preference) right where the front teeth meet the gum. Then pull the back of your tongue towards the back of your throat to make a click.
9. 9 Practice humming baselines and beatboxing at the same time. This method is not as difficult as singing, but when you first start out, it is easy to get confused. To begin with, you have to understand that you can hum in two ways: from the throat (say "ahh") and through the nose ("mmmmmm"), which is much more difficult to get used to, but immeasurably more versatile.
   • The key to singing and beatboxing at the same time lies in the foundation and melody from memory. Listen to rap, whether it's sung or not (eg Parliament Funkadelic's "Flashlight" and try humming a tune and then beatboxing over it; James Brown is also great for tunes).
   • Browse your music collection for basics and melodies, then try putting some of your beats on top of them. You need to learn to hum a melody or base for several reasons, especially if you plan on learning to sing. This is an area of ​​beatboxing that has a certain originality!
   • If you've tried beatboxing and humming at the same time, you probably realized that you have lost some of your skill in certain beat techniques (techno bass and techno trap are very limited, and clicks become, if not completely unusable, then very difficult to hear) ... Learning what works and how it takes time and practice.
   • If you ever find yourself in a battle of beatboxers, remember that while your stamina and speed are very important, you need to use new and interesting tunes and basics and then you will definitely defeat the crowd.
10. 10 You will also need to practice inner chanting. This is an advanced technique that is not widely used in beatboxing. There are several methods available for how to sing / hum inward.For beatboxing purposes, when you find it hard to breathe, it may be a good idea to hum inward. You can always continue humming the same melody, but the pitch will change radically.
    • With practice, you will be able to correct the pitch change, but many beatboxing experts who use inner singing switch the melody from outward singing to internal singing.
11. 11 Adding trumpet sounds is a great way to mix sounds. Hum in falsetto (high pitched like Mickey Mouse). Now, lift the back of your tongue to make the sound thinner and sharper. Add free wobbling (classic bass drum) to the front of each note. Then close your eyes, swear and pretend you are Louis Armstrong.
12. 12 Practice singing and beatboxing at the same time. The key should be built by matching consonants with bass and vowels with snare drum. Don't try to add cymbals, as even the best beatboxers have a problem with this.

Part 4 of 5: Singing and Beatboxing

1. 1 Sing and beatbox. Singing and beatboxing at the same time can seem like an overwhelming task (especially for beginners). But this is actually pretty easy. Below are work templates to help you get started. You can use this basic technique and then adapt it to any song.
   • (b) if u (pff) maser (b) (b) from (b) (pff) lay new (b) new (pff) ("If Your Mother Only Knew" Rahzel).
2. 2 Listen to the song. Listen to the song you want to work with several times to determine the movement of the rhythm. In the example above, the bits are highlighted.
3. 3 Sing the melody with words several times. This will help you get comfortable with the song.
4. 4 Try to equip the beats with words. Most songs will have a beat before the words. In this case:
   • "If". The word "if" in our example starts with a vowel, easily fits into the bass just before it, as if you were saying "beef". Note, however, that the "b" sound should be low, and if necessary, separate the bit from the words a little on the first run.
   • "Maser". This word starts with a consonant. In this case, you could drop the "m" and replace it with "pff" because they sound similar when spoken quickly. Or you could pronounce the word so that the beat comes first and the words are slightly slowed down. If you choose the first option, you end up singing "pffazer". Note that your front teeth connect to your lower lip, which creates a m-like sound. If you can control it, the sound will be much better.
   • "He". For a double beat on "he," you can hum "b-b-o," and then go straight into b pff-line new, humming the base all the time. On "he" you may find that the sound is interrupted if you hit the second bass beat. To fix this, hum through your nose. This can be done by simply pushing up on the back of the tongue to cover part of the upper palate. This hum now comes out through the nose and is not interrupted by what you do with your mouth.
   • "New". The word "new" echoes and fades away.
5. 5 Adapt this skill. These steps can be adapted to any song with rhythm. Keep practicing with different songs, and soon improvisation will be easier for you.

Part 5 of 5: Templates

Changing the rhythm of the drum

First line for snare drum sound. This can be a tongue trap, a lip trap, or any other trap. Next is the cymbal line, and the third is the bass line. A second line can be added to the bottom for different sounds, which should be defined under the tab and applied to this model only. Here's an example:

С | ---- | K --- | ---- | K --- || ---- | K --- | ---- | K --- | X | --T- | --T- | --T- | --T- || ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | B | B --- | ---- | B --- | ---- || B --- | ---- | B --- | ---- | В | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- || --ВФ- | --ВФ- | --ВФ- | --ВФ- |

Bits are separated by single lines, bars are separated by double lines. Here are the keys for the symbols:

Bass

• JB = Boomskid bass drum
• B = strong bass drum
• b = soft bass drum
• X = wide bass drum
• Yu = techno bass drum

Small

• K = tongue trap (no lungs)
• C = tongue trap (with lungs)
• P = pff or lip trap
• G = techno trap

Dishes

• T = "Tc" trap
• C = "Shhhh" trap opening
• t = front of successive cymbals
• k = back of successive cymbals

Other

• Kkkk = click

Main bit

This is the main bit. All beginners should start with it and move on.

С | ---- | K --- | ---- | K --- || ---- | K --- | ---- | K --- | H | --T- | --T- | --T- | --T- || --T- | --T- | --T- | --T- | B | B --- | ---- | B --- | ---- || B --- | ---- | B --- | ---- |

Double cymbals

This sounds great and is considered a good exercise for speeding up cymbals without using their consistent sound.

С | ---- | K --- | ---- | K --- || ---- | K --- | ---- | K --- | X | --TT | --TT | --TT | --TT || --TT | --TT | --TT | --TT | B | B --- | ---- | B --- | ---- || B --- | ---- | B --- | ---- |

Double cymbal changes

This is a more advanced bit that should only be attempted if you can successfully make a double cymbal pattern with perfect precision. It switches up from the rhythm of the double cymbal pattern to make the rhythm more interesting.

С | ---- | K --- | ---- | K --- || ---- | K --- | ---- | K --- | X | --TT | ---- | TT-- | --TT || --TT | ---- | TT-- | --TT | B | B --- | --B- | --B- | ---- || B --- | --B- | --B- | -B-- |

Extended bit

This is a very advanced bit. Try it only when you have mastered the methods above, as well as sequential cymbals (tktktk).

С | ---- | K --- | ---- | K --- || ---- | K --- | ---- | K --- | X | -tk- | -tk- | tk-t | -tkt || -tk- | -tk- | tkss | --tk | B | B - b | --- B | --B- | ---- || B - b | --- B | --B- | ---- |

Techno beat

С | ---- | Г --- | ---- | Г --- || ---- | Г --- | ---- | Г --- | X | --tk | --tk | --tk | --tk || --tk | --tk | --tk | --tk | B | S --- | ---- | S --- | ---- || S --- | ---- | S --- | ---- |

The main beat of drum and bass

С | --П- | -П-- | | S | -P - P | -P ---- P- | X | ---- | ---- | {3x} | X | ----- | -.tk.t-t | B | B --- | B --- | | B | B-BB- | B -. B --- |

Simple but cool bit

It sounds great when done faster.

| B t t t | K t t K | t k t B | K t t K | 1 -------- 2 -------- 3 -------- 4 -------

MIMS bit "This is Why I'm Hot"

When he says D, do a quick double beat.

S | --K- | --K- | --K- | --K- | X | -t-t | t - t | -t-t | t - t | B | B --- | -D-- | B --- | -D-- |

Classic hip hop beat

С | ---- | K --- | ---- | K --- | X | -tt- | -t-t | tt-t | -ttt | B | B - B | --B- | --B- | ---- |

Snoop Dogg's beat in "Drop It Like It's Hot"

For the "t" line, you practically click your tongue. Number 3 represents a relatively open mouth for a more open sound. The first is a small "o" in the shape of the mouth for a low click of the tongue and 2 is somewhere in the middle. The beat is pretty hard and you can practice doing just bass and snare until you feel ready to add tongue clicks. Alternatively, you can add a high pitched "Snoooooooooooop" buzzing in your throat. Listen to the song to see what it is.

в | snuuuuuuuuuu t | --3--2-- | 1--2 ---- | C | ---- to --- | ---- to --- | B | b - b - b- | --b ----- |

в | uuuuuuuuuuuuup t | --1--2-- | 3--2 ---- | С | ---- to --- | ---- to --- | B | b - b - b- | --b ----- |

Creating your own images

Don't be afraid to use strange sounding beats. Fool around with different sounds as they flow.

Tips

• Practice whenever possible. Since nothing but your body is needed, you can do beatboxing at home, at work, at school, on the bus, only when it is appropriate. One of the best places to practice is the bathtub because the acoustics are good there and the beats sound much better.
• Certain types of lip gloss can actually keep lips from drying out really well. It's great for the lips.
• Drink water periodically to protect your mouth from drying out.
• Always practice at a consistent pace. This means that you should try to keep the same speed throughout the entire drawing of the game.
• If you are starting beatboxing or trying to hit hard kicks, always start practicing rhythm with weak sounds. This way, it will be easier for you to do it smoothly and to the beat. After a while, when you have achieved positive results, you can focus on the volume and clarity of sounds. It's easier to do this because you already know when to make these sounds, even if they were faint at first glance.
• Try to find other beatboxers and beatboxes together. It's fun and you can learn something new from your new friends.
• Make sure you know how to beatbox in and out. It can help you sing and beatbox at the same time.
• Try to beatboxing in front of a mirror to see what your face looks like and to know if it's worth covering it up a bit.
• Listen to the music of famous beatboxers such as Killa Kela, Rahzel, Speiler, Roxorloops, Black Mamba, Biz Markie, Doug E.Fresh, Matisyahu, Max B, Blake Lewis, Bow-Legged Gorilla or even Bobby McFerrin (the author of "Don't Worry Be Happy" who created the entire song using only his own voice, scrolling it on various tracks to simulate the sounds of many instruments ).
• Try covering your mouth and nose to get a louder and more acoustic sound when you don't have a microphone.

Warnings

• Before you start, make sure you have a good water balance because the dry beat and bass will be noticeable. Just make it a habit.
• Do not drink coffee before you beatboxing, as coffee can dry out your throat and mouth. The same goes for tea. Drink plain water.
• At first, you will probably feel a little silly. But if you stick to the rules, you will find that the process is a lot of fun and, at the same time, it helps to create amazing music.
• Try to limit yourself at first because the muscles in your face need to get used to certain movements. If you feel pain, stop for a while.
• Your mouth probably won't get used to the sudden pressure you put on it right away. Your jaw may ache at first, and your lips may tingle a little, as happens when you sit a leg.
• You will also be working out of breath, so make sure you know how to breathe properly.