Q&A for How to Beatbox

You need to practice constantly, when you're in the shower, when you're driving, when you're doing anything. Some professionals practice for up to 10 hours a day nonstop. Just keep practicing and don't lose confidence in yourself.

Even if you learn the three basic beats -- kick drum, high hat and k-snare, you can create a lot of music. Make the best of your abilities.

Start coughing until you find a point where it begins to create a continuous oscillation. With practice you should be able to create a continuous sound without needing to breathe so much.

If you're beatboxing and your bass drum imitation becomes horn-like, make your breaths more plosive to avoid long notes, and use less or none of your vocal cords to prevent a cappella horn notes from happening.

Practice. Try out some beats that are easy to master, then step it up a notch. Practice whenever you can, get a mic and amp if possible, and just work at it. Try squeezing sounds right between the basic four beat verse, and keep on practicing.

Understand that there are many sounds to master. To get started, master the three basic sounds of beatboxing: the classic kick drum {b}, the hi-hat {t}, and the classic snare drum {p} or {pf}. Practice combining the sounds into an 8-beat rhythm like this: { b t pf t / b t pf t } or { b t pf t / b b pf t }. Make sure to get the timing right. Start off slowly and build up speed later.

First of all, you'll need to know how to do a special bass, whether it is a tongue bass, throat bass, or a lip bass (the easiest in my opinion being the tongue bass). As for dubstep beatboxing, be sure to have a rise and then a drop. The drop can be a simple beat, just be sure to add in a bass. Have fun with it, practice, experiment, and you should be okay. Watch some beatboxers or listen to more dubstep and pay attention to the beat.

It depends on how quick of a learner you are, and how often you practice, but you could have the basics down in about a week, and a better, cleaner sound in about three weeks.

It helps. If you have a dry mouth or lips, every second or two you will need to stop and lick your lips or swallow.

Any mic will do for a beginner. But if you want a good quality mic, get the Snowball microphone. It has really good sound for beginners and pros.

First, shape your lips like you're going suck a straw. Then, pull as much as air you can through your lips. When the vibration starts, slowly close your lips for a perfect zipper.

Keep the snare short and emphasize the "p." For the bass, loosen your lips a bit and emphasize the "f."

You could record yourself and compare your sounds to those of professionals on sites like YouTube. That should give you a good idea of whether or not your sounds are correct.

Your body goes with the flow of your beat. It also helps you to keep the tempo steady.

Just make a low, breathy "boo" sound. You can even go, "boo, kits, boo boo. kits." Just make sure you have the right timing.

For inward lip roles you need to drop your jaw with your lips still closed, move your jaw to the left. Then with the least amount of space between the chosen lip position and lip, breathe in. For the lip bass, just loosen your lips and breathe out very hard. Tighten the left and right side of your lips. Also, be sure to drink a lot of water to stay hydrated.

You can practise the throat bass, bmg snare, inward k and cough snare. Most of the mainstream Beatboxers use these basic sounds but use it very well as placement is more effective. Watch YouTube tutorials and sub to SwissBeatbox, as they are the most Mainstream beatboxing channel in the world. Watching and listening to professional beatboxers repeatedly is the most easiest way to learn sound with even practising. Remember to drink lots of water!

If you can beatbox, you have nothing to worry about! When beatboxing, just get in the zone and focus. For rap battles, you want to do a generally similar beat all around so that the rappers don’t get confused. Just remember that you are a great Beatboxer and be confident in your skills. Don’t forget to have fun!

Either one, they would both work. If one records better, then use it.

One or more hours is a good amount of time to practice. Try to practice every day, not all at once on one day. That way, you will learn and improve quicker.

Yes. Sometimes it is intentional, while other times it wasn't planned. But knowing this technique could make you a better beatboxer.

Whenever you are ready. Practice recording yourself and just show it to people you can trust such as your parents or a partner. Then start to show more people, like friends. Once you feel comfortable, you could record yourself and show it to the world.

Sometimes when you listen to pop songs on the radio, you can hear a rhythm in the background that may sound like beatboxing. Sometimes they are actual beatboxers, but most of the time these beats are created electronically.