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Lesson time: (3min 2sec)
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This lesson is part of the course Apprends les bases du beatbox
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Lesson transcript:
Welcome Back to Beatboxing!
Hey guys, welcome back!
Now that you've been practicing and getting more familiar with the different sounds, I just want to address a really common question: When do I breathe?
Breathing Techniques in Beatboxing
There are two different ways of breathing while beatboxing. Some people are amazed at how beatboxers can keep going and wonder about their stamina. Are they holding their breath during all this? Of course not! You can't hold your breath for a 10-minute routine. But there are some tricks for how to breathe.
1. Basic Breathing Technique
The simplest way is to:
- Breathe in and out through your nose
- Breathe in and out through your mouth
These can happen at different rates and times, or even slightly simultaneously.
Let me show you how:
- First, take a deep breath in and out through your nose alone.
- Don't forget to place your hand above your abs so that you can feel the effect of your diaphragm and check how much is actually working.
- Take a deep breath in, your arm goes up.
- Deep breath out, your arm goes down.
Now that you're breathing in and out through your nose, I want you to practice something:
- Open and close your mouth while you're breathing in and out through your nose.
Once you've tried that, you'll realize that you can breathe in and out while still using the muscles of your mouth. This allows you to create sounds, like the kick drum, while breathing in and out through your nose.
2. Sound-Based Breathing Technique
The second way is to use the sounds themselves as a way of breathing in and out.
- Do you remember the inward case snare? You're breathing in while you're making that noise.
- Also, for sounds like the kick drum or hi-hats, you can sometimes blow air out while creating that sound.
It sounds like this:
- Breathing out while creating the kick drum sound
- Breathing in while creating the snare sound
These are a couple of different ways of breathing while beatboxing.
Find What Works for You
Just figure out what you're most comfortable with, depending on the sounds you're creating, and go from there.
Have fun with it!
About the instructor
Dana McKeon est une beatboxeuse de tout premier plan, artiste de studio et de scène, autrice-compositrice et guitariste. Elle est la pionnière internationale du beatbox à Malte et la représentante officielle de l'île aux Championnats du monde de beatbox, où elle a décroché une place dans le Top 5 mondial (catégorie solo féminine) dès sa toute première compétition. Dana détient également deux titres de vice-championne féminine des UK Beatbox Championships. Artiste de scène polyvalente et rompue à la tournée, Dana a conquis la scène lors d'une multitude de concerts internationaux, dont la MTV Music Week, les Jeux paralympiques de Londres, le Lovebox Festival, The O2 de Londres et des événements de la famille royale britannique. En première partie, elle a ouvert les concerts d'artistes comme Rudimental, Stormzy, James Arthur, John Newman et Beardyman. Parmi ses crédits d'écriture et de production figurent des tubes radio numéro un en Europe, une diffusion sur la BBC Radio et du toplining pour divers DJ et artistes. La musique de Dana apparaît dans d'innombrables spots télévisés et courts métrages, dont Netflix, BBC, CBS, NBC, ABC, Universal, MTV, Global, iTV, Bravo, Lifetime, Arena et BT Sport. Dans son cours, elle décompose cet art jusqu'à ses briques de base : les sons essentiels, les patterns rythmiques et les techniques dont vous avez besoin pour vous lancer dans le beatbox en toute confiance, enseignés directement par une championne de rang mondial. read more