Beatbox with Lip Bass and Trumpet
Learn and practice lip-bass and trumpet mouth sounds to create beatbox rhythms, combine patterns, and perform short beats using safe vocal techniques.
Step-by-step guide to Beatbox with Lip Bass and Trumpet
Step 1
Sit up straight in a quiet spot in front of a mirror.
Step 2
Take a small sip of water to moisten your mouth.
Step 3
Hum gently three times from low to high to warm your voice.
Step 4
Make a deep lip-bass sound by pressing your lips together loosely and blowing so they vibrate like "brrrr".
Step 5
Hold the lip-bass sound for three seconds and then stop.
Step 6
Do four short lip-bass hits in a row with even space between each hit.
Step 7
Make a bright trumpet mouth sound by puckering your lips and pushing air out to say "pah".
Step 8
Play four short trumpet hits in a row with even spacing.
Step 9
Practice combining two lip-bass beats followed by one trumpet hit and repeat that pattern four times.
Step 10
Create a 4-beat loop by making lip-bass on beats 1 and 3 and trumpet on beats 2 and 4 and repeat the loop four times.
Step 11
Add a fun twist by replacing the trumpet on beat 4 with two quick trumpet taps in one loop.
Step 12
Put your favorite loop together and perform it three times in a row without stopping.
Step 13
Hum gently down the scale once to cool your voice.
Step 14
Take a small sip of water to rehydrate.
Step 15
Share your finished beatbox performance on DIY.org.
Final steps
You're almost there! Complete all the steps, bring your creation to life, post it, and conquer the challenge!
Help!?
What can we use instead of a mirror or water if those items are hard to find?
If you don't have a mirror from step 1, use your phone's front-facing camera or a shiny window, and if plain water for steps 2 and 13 isn't available, use warm herbal tea or a water bottle to moisten and rehydrate.
I'm struggling to make the lip-bass or keep it steady—what should I try?
If you can't produce the lip-bass in step 4 or hold it in step 5, try moistening your lips as in step 2, relax your jaw, keep lips loose, and practice gentle humming from step 3 before blowing.
How can I adapt this activity for younger or older kids?
For younger kids, shorten the three-second hold in step 5 to one second and swap the 4-beat loop practice in step 10 for clapping or tapping the rhythm, while older kids can add the double trumpet taps from step 11 and create longer, more complex loops to post on DIY.org.
How can we extend or personalize our beatbox performance after practicing the loops?
To enhance and personalize the activity, record multiple takes of your favorite loop from step 12 on a phone or tablet, layer extra lip-bass and trumpet tracks for harmony, and then share the edited performance on DIY.org as directed in the final step.
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Facts about beatboxing and vocal techniques for kids
🥁 Beatboxing lets people imitate an entire drum kit—kick, snare, and hi-hat—using just their mouth and breath.
👄 Lip bass is a powerful beatbox technique that makes deep, buzzy bass tones by buzzing the lips and shaping the mouth.
🎺 Mouth trumpet (trumpet imitation) uses tongue and lip shapes to copy bright trumpet sounds without an instrument.
🏆 There are international beatbox battles where artists compete on rhythm, creativity, and wild vocal techniques.
🧑🎤 Rahzel, from The Roots, helped popularize singing while beatboxing and shows how one person can be both singer and band.
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