BEATBOXINGBeatboxing is a form of vocal percussion,
the art of creating sounds with one's mouth, lips, tongue and voice,
that imitate a percussion instrument,
producing drum beats, rhythm and musical sounds.
It may also involve singing, vocal imitation of turntablism
(the DJ art of touch and moved records creating special sounds),
and the simulations of any musical instrument.
Photo: Beggars beatboxing, Sound of London (Stokholm)
Beatboxing is not that different from normal human speech.
You only have to developing a rhythmical feeling and you have to stress the pronunciation of certain letters or vowels.
Let's practice beatboxing!!
There are 3 basic sounds of beatboxing:
1. Kick drum (b): make the "b" sound with your lips closed.
2. Hi-hat (t): make a simple "ts" sound with your teeth closed.
3. Snare drum (p): to make the p spund more realistic you can add "pf", "ps".
Practice combining these sounds into a 8-beat rhythm like this:
( b t pf t / b b pf t )
