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Wind Technique

A Beginners Guide to Beatboxing

Standard Beatbox Notation

How do I run a beatboxing workshop?

The Four Elements

Beatbox Tutor

If Your Mother Only Knew

Inward Snares

The Wind Technique

Holding the Mic

What is Human Beatboxing?

Learning to Beatbox

Drum Vocabulary

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By Ill Pill
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The Four Elements

The four elements are found on the hidden bonus track at the end of Rahzel's Make The Music 2000 CD and have become a benchmark for beatboxers. You will need to listen to the audio of the four elements and read the examples at the same time. You can find the audios on the Internet but why not support Rahzel and go and buy his CD! :)

1. Earth

Sounds you'll need to know:

Vocalized Kick (Scroll Down), Classic Snare and the 808 Snare Roll

b = Classic Kick
bm = Vocalized Kick
pf = Classic PFF Snare
f = Right after u've done a pf snare, keep ur mouth in the same position, and suck in an f..
t = A sort of hi hat u can hum over, where u push ur toung against the upper front teeth. ( like in an inward snare) And u rip ur tounge back while pushing it against the teeth.. like a block clip, just smoother..

ssp = Just say ssp inwards...Breath in and quickly close your mouth
drdr = Toungue Roll or Drum Roll...Check Human Beatbox Roll Tutorials

The Lyrics

(Think of it as a simple Humming and Beatboxing routine):

bm(t)m bm(t)m pf tm bm bdrdr b pf ssp
bm(t)m bm(t)m pf tm bm bm bm bm bm

bm(t)m bm(t)m pf tm bm ssp ssp ssp
bm(t)m bm(t)m pf tm bm pf f b pfdrdr
bm(t)m bm(t)m pf tm bm b b b b b
bm(t)m bm(t)m pf tm bm ssssp
bm(t)m bm(t)m pf tm bm bm bm bm bm bm
bm(t)m bm(t)m pf tm bm sssp ssp ssp ssp ssp HA, COME ON
bm(t)m bm(t)m pf tm bm pf f b pfdrdrb
bm(t)m bm(t)m pf tm bm ssp ssp ssp ssp
bm(t)m bm(t)m pf tm bm ssp ssp ssp ssp ssp sssssp!

2. Wind

Sounds you'll need to know:

Snare Drums and Inward Snare Drums, The Basic Kick

The Lyrics

(It helps to look at this and listen to the audio simultaneously)

ORSH - LASH - LEICH - LEESH - BEAS- HUT - SEEDO - SAHH-
Bah-T-K-Pff-T-K-
Byesh-T-K-Pff-T-K-
Beat-T-K-Pff-T-K-
Seedo-Pff- Hutsa-
BOO-T-K-Pff-
BOO-T-K-T-K-Pff-T-K-
BOO-T-K-Pff-
BOO-T-K-Boe-Pff-T-K-
Uno-Pff-T-K-

Dos-T-K-Pff-T-K-
Tres-Pff-
Quatros-Pff-T-K-
P-One-Pff-T-K-Two-
T-K-Pff-T-K-
BOO-T-K-Pff-T-K-
Tooka Tooka Tooka Tooka
P-T-K-Pff-T-K
Tooka Tooka Tooka Tooka
Paah-[inhale]-P-Airh-[inhale]-Paah-[inhale]-P-Bb-DA-Bm-Bb-DA-Bm
Paah-[inhale]-P-Airh-[inhale]-Paah-[inhale]-P (-scratch/fade out)

3. Fire

Sounds You'll Need to know:

Throat Bass, Inward K snare, the The Basic Kick and Vocal Scratching

The Lyrics

(Scratch)L.
"L.L. Cool J. is hard as--" bmm
"Battle anybody I don't care who you--" bmm
"I exp--" bm
"They all--" bm

bm, pf, bm, pf, bm, bm b b keeh bts

bm, b keh bts keh ts ts bts keh b bts b ts ts b keh bts keh ts keh bts keh ts b ts
bm, b keh bts keh ts ts bts keh b bts

(Scratch)"Raw, iraw, iraw, raw, irir rocked up!"

bm, b keh bts keh ts ts bts keh b bts b ts ts b keh bts keh ts keh bts keh ts b ts
bm, b keh bts keh ts ts bts keh b bts

enh enh enh enh, enh enh-enh-enh ewnh ewnh

bm, bm, bm, bm,

(inward)scheeeuh

4. Water

Sounds you'll Need to Know:

The Classic Kick and the Inward KEH snare

Vocalized sounds are bold!

"1, 2, 3, 4!"

b t b t KEH t t KEH t KEH b KEH KEH b t KEH b t b t KEH t t KEH t b "KUH" KEH "HAH!"

t KEH b t b KEH t "UHH!" KEH b t KEH b "AIN'T IT FUNKY?"

t t b KEH t t KEH t b "KUH" KEH "HAH!"

t KEH b t b t KEH "UHH!" KEH b t KEH b "AIN'T IT FUNKY?"
t t b KEH t t KEH t b "KUH" KEH "HAH!"

t KEH b t b t KEH "UHH!" KEH b t KEH b "AIN'T IT!" KEH "AIN'T IT!" KEH "AIN'T IT!"

KEH KEH KEH KEH KEH KEH KEH KEH "AIN'T IT!"

Thanks to KATAIGIS and NICK_PERRIN for writing up these tutorials, **R!ZZ0** for gathering the information up and Ill Pill for revising the information and for editing the article for the magazine.


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