The inward CL snare or the inward classic handclap, is a slight variation of the percussive K snare. Since it is strictly percussive and there is no intake of air, it is versatile and particularly useful in fast beats.
Standard Beatbox Notation (SBN)
Inward Classic Handclap { ^CL }
Loud Handclap { ^CLh }
How it's done
Inward Classic Handclap
- Place the tip of your tongue on the roof of your mouth as if saying 'cl' as in 'clap'.
- Close off your airway with your tongue.
- Use your tongue muscles to suck in either side of your tongue.
- Quickly release the air into the back of your mouth and throat.
Loud Handclap
- Put your tongue against the top of your mouth against your top front teeth; this should mean your tongue is pretty much covering the top of your mouth
- Inhale using your lungs. Obviously your tongue will stop the air getting through - this is a good thing!
- Sharply let the air around both sides of your tongue at the same time to get the base of the inward handclap
- Shorten it and sharpen it to get the initial "kch" sound, inhaling for longer to add a "shh" afterwards.
How is this different to the inward K snare? And what exactly is the difference between the inward hand clap, percussive outward K inward, K rimshot, and inward K snare? And where does the Kenny Mohammed snare fit into all this sincei have heard it described as slightly different from the way most beatboxers today execute their inward k’s