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Summary: The cymbal is a fill sound used in beatboxing. Learn how to do cymbals while beatboxing in this free music video.
Eric Sackett has been beatboxing for nine years. He performs regularly and instructs students on beatboxing techniques at the university he attends. He also performs in acapella...read more
"Alright the next one we're going to do for you is a symbol. A symbol is pretty, pretty easy. All you are going to have to do is just do this. And it is just like you are saying st. So it is like a st. So it is pretty simple, and that is just going to be a fill for when you have your base and then that alternate snare drum. So you can get a, so it is pretty simple. With a symbol you are going to use your tongue more. Because it is more of a thin noise. The base drum is really deep and the snare drum is kind of a medium noise. So the symbol adds that higher pitch so that you can get more variety in your set. When you are doing the beat boxing. So just anther example so. So that is it that is the symbol."
eHow Article: Beatboxing: Cymbal