Video

	808_rimshot_snare.wmv (480k)
	808_rimshot_snare.mp4 (476k)

Description

This is a rimshot sound made by squeezing air through the back of your mouth.

Method

1. Position your mouth as if you were going to say Ka as in Cabbage
2. Now try and make just the K sound without the breathing out. You should be squeezing a single pulse of air out.

In Context

Rimshots seem to be under-used in beatbox but can sound great in complex jazz, reggae, dub and drum'n'bass beatbox.

And here's the pattern (repeated in the MP3):