Tutorial #5: Inward K Snare || Beatbox Tutorial Series: YOU Can Beatbox
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Welcome back to You Can Beatbox. Today we're going to learn our first inward sound: the inward K snare. And yes, you heard me right, this is an INWARD sound, which may come as a surprise. So lets jump into it.
You guys might have noticed that one of the biggest problems with beatboxing is that its kinda tough to breath when youre making sounds. There are two ways to fix this: #1 breath in during breaks in a beat or between sounds. Or #2 do sounds that take in air for you, hence the name, inward sounds.
The inward K snare is one of the most popular inward sounds because it can be used as your primary snare and substitutes for the Pf snare or the outward K snare.
Heres the theory of making the sound. Put your tongue up to the roof your mouth as if youre going to say lalala or as if youre about to make a clicking noise. Make sure that youre getting a good seal on your tongue aka you cant breath in with your mouth when you do this initial step. If you arent getting a complete seal, it may sound a bit like this when you breath in or out. Just to make sure you guys see what i'm talking about, i'm going to move close to the camera to do a demo so just a warning.
Once you've gotten the positioning correct, all that you have to do is suck in air. REmember to build up pressure and release it inward in one fell swoop. Make sure that the tip of your tongue stays in contact with the roof of your mouth and that you're only letting in air on the sides. I usually only let air in one side of my tongue (the left side) but at this point its unconscious, so do whatever feels most natural to you.
The key to this sound is make it as sharp and concise of a sound as possible. So instead of doing it long and drawn out while breathing in [demo] try and make it short and punchy like most beatbox sounds. [demo]
A few words of caution before we continue.
First of all, this sound may take a few days or even a few week to get the positioning correct, so have patience as you test out different orientations of your mouth. Next, one of the biggest roadblocks i had with making this sound was that when i would build up pressure and then release it to make the noise, i would sometimes inhale saliva which would make me choke a little bit and have a coughing storm. This might happen to you but it does go away. I'm not sure whether the problem stopped or i got used to it, but either way, just a little warning that this might happen.
And lets do some practice beats.
1) B t K^ t B t K^ ts x 2
2) House beat
Keep in mind that this is a sound that can take a while to perfect. It took me a few months to get the exact positioning right because I didnt have someone show me how to do it, so hopefully this tutorial is helpful but do comment below with any questions.
Well, thats it for todays episode. If you haven't yet make sure you click that subscribe button and like this video. Next week, we'll be learning the throat bass drum and some techno.