Beatboxing: Crash Cymbal

Video Transcript

"All right, so the next root I have for you is the crash symbol. The crash symbol's a little bit different than just a normal symbol because it's louder and it's a lot of shorter. So when you're doing a crash symbol, you're going to have to tighten your lips again, but still have that symbol noise in it. So here's an example and then I'll try to break it down for you. So it's a--so when you do the crash symbol, what you're going to want to do is you're going to want to--you're going to want a lot of air to come out and then close it off really tightly with your teeth. So it's a pshhh-pshhh. So when it's fast it's a psh. So crash symbol's a little bit harder to get clean because it's so quick, but it's a good technique to use when you want a climax in a song or just to mix up the symbol a little bit."