Be a beatboxer

Beatboxing is a musical art that involves people using their mouth, lips, tongue and voice to create percussion sounds, instead of using drums or cymbals, for example. People have been making musical noises for hundreds of years all around the world, but the word and specific style of beatboxing was first used by hip-hop artists in New York, US, in the 1970s. They copied drum machines, or “beat boxes”, alongside rapping. Award-winning comedian Jarred Christmas and world champion beatboxer Hobbit are touring the UK with their show, The Mighty Kids Beatbox Comedy Show (find out more at tinyurl.com/TWJ-beatboxshow). Here, they share four steps to being a brilliant beatboxer. 1 Warm up Hobbit says: Beatboxing uses a lot of air, so get those lungs working by taking a deep breath right…

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