Practical Beatboxing

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Practical Beatboxing


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Its easy to start

Repeat the following words and then loop them.

Boots n cats n


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Building a basic drum kit

Bass

Tom-

tom

Cymbal


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Making the sounds

Bfor bass drum: Bu (as in

butter)

T for tom-tom: T (a soft t/d as inlighten)

Cfor cymbal: S (as in snake)


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Using basic percussion sounds

Try the following sets of letters, using the basicsounds

B T B T B T B T

C C C C C C C C

B T C T B T C T

Remember to keep to the beat!


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Building a simple percussive piece

C - - X -

T - X - X

B X - - -

Try this as a whole class and loop it to the beat


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Introducing the eight-beat

Traditionally beatboxing rhythms start with formingan eight-beat

B T C T B T C T

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Using B T C, create your own eight-beat in pairs andloop to the beat.


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Beatboxing notation

Beatboxing notation can be entered in to anadapted form of guitar tab

S I- - - - IK - - - I- - - - I K - - - I

H I- - T - I- - T - I- - T - I - - T - I

B IB - - - I- - - - IB - - - I - - - - I

Snare sounds

Hi-hat sounds

Bass drums


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Getting started with beatboxing

Once you have mastered the three basic soundsand you have notated them, you can make your

basic 8 beat.

Use the empty grid to create your 8 beat

S I- - - - I- - - - I- - - - I - - - - I

H I- - - - I- - - - I- - - - I - - - - I

B I - - - - I- - - - I- - - - I - - - - I

Loop your 8 beat rhythm to the beat.


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Beatboxing notation to try

Bass drum sounds

BHeavy bass drum

bSoft bass drum

UTechno bass drum


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Hi-hat sounds

TTs: a short, sharp sound

STssssss: an open cymbal sound

t a closed hi-hat sound

tksound both letters, spaced evenlyand repeating to make a continuous

hi-hat rhythm


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Snare sounds

Ka rim-shot snare sound

Cadd air, as in cup, for a basic

snare sound

PPf or psh, a more open snaresound

Ga techno snare sound


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Making your rhythm sound interesting

Using a combination of the different sounds, createthree sets of eight-beats and notate them.

Bear in mind that you can doublesounds, creatingquavers and making your eight-beats soundeven more interesting

BTK P P BT BT P P TK TK TK BB and so on

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4


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Using a microphone

Beatboxers use a microphone to help us hear theirbeats more clearly.

They cup their hands around the top of themicrophone in different ways, the idea beingthat the maximum amount of sounds are

collected by the microphone.

To practise your beatboxing without a microphone,you can cup your hands around your mouth tocollect the maximum amount of sounds, until youare confident.
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Extended technique

The snare roll

Bprrrr similar to blowing into a trumpet;

use the lips to create a horse-like noise or

a cat purr

Kurrrr roll the tongue on the roof of your

mouth

Krrrrrr as above, but bare your teeth in a

grimace

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