How to Create Patterns in Beatboxing
The two main challenges in beatboxing are creating a beat pattern and executing it cleanly. Good execution comes with practice and dedication to the art, but creating beatboxing patterns comes more from imitating existing musical styles and exploring your own sense of rhythm. Here are a few tips to get you started down the path to creative beatboxing.
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Listen to different styles of music and pay attention to the different kinds of beats you hear. Even genres that are only subtly different like Hip-Hop and R&B contain different beats.
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Remember to listen for more than just what the drums are doing in a song. The bass line is the backbone of the song's melody and harmony and you'll understand the style better by listening to it as well as the bass and snare.
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Practice different snare noises. The classic snare works for lots of styles, but possessing a wider variety of sounds helps you explore new patterns more easily.
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Add falsetto sounds on top of your kick drum to create a new style. Techno and house beats usually have some drum machine noises mixed into the standard snare, kick and hi-hat sounds.
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Ornament a basic hip-hop pattern with scratches. To take scratching one step further, mimic a turntable with your hands and adjust your beat to whatever they do.
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Remember that the three basic elements of all beatbox patterns are the snare, kick and hi-hat sounds. Whenever your beat's getting crowded or messy, return to these fundamentals and restructure your pattern so it's cleaner.
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