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An auditory illusion is where we trick the brain into thinking something is happening when it is not. What your brain hears is not always what your ear hears! The posh term for this is called psychoacoustics. Rahzel uses an auditory illusion when he sings and beatboxes at the same time. It just sounds like he is singing and beatboxing at the same time. For example, what he is really doing is "Biff Your MPfother BbonPfly Know".

So how does it work? Beatboxers trick the brain into thinking that two sounds are taking place at the same time when they are not. They start with the continuous sound, the one they wish your brain to hear when it is not there - for example, a hi-hat or singing part.

Auditory Illusions have been around for a very long time. For example, J. S. Bach used auditory illusions in his organ works to make you think more than one part was going on at the same time - for example, the bass part and the lead part, when in reality only one sound was being played at a time.

Method

1. Always start with the continuous part. For example, { t t t t / t t t t / t t t t / t t t t }
2. Then bring in the snare drum. For example, { t t t t / k t t t / t t t t / k t t t }
3. Then bring in the kick drum. For example. { b t t t / k t t b / t t b t / k t t t }