scratches
- April 11, 2018
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VOCAL SCRATCH
april 11
, 2018
Vocal scratches are high pitched alterations of a sound that a turntable would make when scratching. Rahzel, Kela, and Scratch all use vocal scratching to great effect and although each beatboxer brings their own variations to the technique, the basics are the same.
How it's done
Vocal scratches are high pitched alterations of a sound that a turntable would make when scratching. Rahzel, Kela, and Scratch all use vocal scratching to great effect and although each beatboxer brings their own variations to the technique, the basics are the same.
How it's done
- To get really good at vocal scratching you need to master ventriloquism. This is the art of talking without moving your lips by using your throat and tongue. This will give the scratched vocal the right sort of raspy/squeezed sound.
- The second thing you need to do is do the ventriloquized voice falsetto (that's the high-pitched Mickey Mouse type register).
- Okay - now, the trick to vocal scratching is to say the unscratched part of your word in your normal voice and the scratched parts in the ventro-falsetto voice!
- Now try saying 'owi' and 'igada' in that voice
- So scratching the word 'One' becomes 'One owi One i One i One igada One'.
- To improve the scratch sound, try adding a 'z' or 's' sound to the scratch (yes, at the same time).
- To make a slowed down record sound simply talk in a low voice with your tongue pointing straight up!
- To get really good at vocal scratching you need to master ventriloquism. This is the art of talking without moving your lips by using your throat and tongue. This will give the scratched vocal the right sort of raspy/squeezed sound.
- The second thing you need to do is do the ventriloquized voice falsetto (that's the high-pitched Mickey Mouse type register).
- Okay - now, the trick to vocal scratching is to say the unscratched part of your word in your normal voice and the scratched parts in the ventro-falsetto voice!
- Now try saying 'owi' and 'igada' in that voice
- So scratching the word 'One' becomes 'One owi One i One i One igada One'.
- To improve the scratch sound, try adding a 'z' or 's' sound to the scratch (yes, at the same time).
- To make a slowed down record sound simply talk in a low voice with your tongue pointing straight up!
QUACK SCRATCH | DUCK SCRATCH
APRIL 11
, 2018
How it's done
- Hiss through your throat and tighten the airflow in your throat
- Place your tongue on the roof of your mouth
- Tighten the space in the back of your mouth with your tongue and build lots of pressure
- Control the airflow and mouth position to alter the sound!
- Hiss through your throat and tighten the airflow in your throat
- Place your tongue on the roof of your mouth
- Tighten the space in the back of your mouth with your tongue and build lots of pressure
- Control the airflow and mouth position to alter the sound!
D-LOW SCRATCH
APRIL 11
, 2018
The D-Low scratch is a squeaky and quacky scratch sound.
How it's done
- Choose a side of the mouth you're comfortable with
- Bite down and grit your teeth together
- Breathe in an out through that side of the mouth, creating a slight whistly noise
- Create the inward and outward with just the air pressure of your mouth and not breathing in and out through your lungs
- Say the word "chewy"
- Create a quacky noise using inside of your upper lip
- Choose a side of the mouth you're comfortable with
- Bite down and grit your teeth together
- Breathe in an out through that side of the mouth, creating a slight whistly noise
- Create the inward and outward with just the air pressure of your mouth and not breathing in and out through your lungs
- Say the word "chewy"
- Create a quacky noise using inside of your upper lip
REWIND OR REVERSE SCRATCH
APRIL 11
, 2018
This scratch sound emulates a vinyl beat being spun backwards slowly like a rewind.
Standard Beatbox Notation (SBN)
{ vd ^wb }
How it's done
- Say the word "hiiiiiip" inward with a slight whispery voice
- At the end of the word, close your lips to create a stopping 'b' sound
- Then do a "ziiip" sound outward, ending with a strong 'b' sound as well
- The third sound, as explained by Inibeater, is the "voop" sound
- Use these three sounds in preferred order. Throw in a lip roll here and there as well to add some depth!
- Say the word "hiiiiiip" inward with a slight whispery voice
- At the end of the word, close your lips to create a stopping 'b' sound
- Then do a "ziiip" sound outward, ending with a strong 'b' sound as well
- The third sound, as explained by Inibeater, is the "voop" sound
- Use these three sounds in preferred order. Throw in a lip roll here and there as well to add some depth!
WHISTLE SCRATCH
APRIL 11
, 2018
The whistle scratch is a simple scratch that sounds similar to a dog whistle. Some beatboxers have really mastered this technique that enables you to scratch and beatbox at the same time.
How it's done
- To make this sound your top lip should overhang your bottom lip. Pretend having 'granny lips' - imagine you have no teeth!
- With your tongue placed in the gap between your lips (without touching) you should be able to breathe out channeling air under your tongue to make a whistly airy noise.
- You can change the shape of the whistle by moving your lower lip to expose your front lower teeth and gums
- To make this sound your top lip should overhang your bottom lip. Pretend having 'granny lips' - imagine you have no teeth!
- With your tongue placed in the gap between your lips (without touching) you should be able to breathe out channeling air under your tongue to make a whistly airy noise.
- You can change the shape of the whistle by moving your lower lip to expose your front lower teeth and gums
THROAT SCRATCH
APRIL 11
, 2018
Throat scratching is a high-pitch and rough scratching technique that can be mixed with the other scratch techniques and is one of the simplest to use. It can be performed inwards or outwards!
Standard Beatbox Notation (SBN)
{ KK }
How it's done
The throat scratch is based on a continuous, forced .
- The sound you need to make is from the throat - a bit like the beginning or end of a yawn. You want the non-vocalised croaky sound.
- Once you've mastered this sound, you then need to do it high-pitched or falsetto and practice patterns such as "wa-a" and "wa-o-a-wa-a".
LIGHT ELECTRO SCRATCH | WHISTLE SCRATCH
APRIL 11
, 2018
This is a whispy and unvocalized scratch sound that is done by controlling the airflow between your teeth and your lips.
Standard Beatbox Notation (SBN)
{ wsh }
How it's done
- The simplest way to describe this is to say chowi, fwish, or fwewa
- Control the outward airflow by wrapping and moving your lower lip over your bottom teeth
- To make it more scratch-like fade in the ch part so it sounds more like schowi or tschowi.
- The more advanced version will be a triplet saying tschowichi tscho - wi - chi.
- The simplest way to describe this is to say chowi, fwish, or fwewa
- Control the outward airflow by wrapping and moving your lower lip over your bottom teeth
- To make it more scratch-like fade in the ch part so it sounds more like schowi or tschowi.
- The more advanced version will be a triplet saying tschowichi tscho - wi - chi.
ABRA CRAB SCRATCH
APRIL 11
, 2018
This is a classic scratch done by sucking in air against either a hand or a finger. This is one of the most realistic sounding and effective scratches there is for a beatboxer to do.
How it's done
- Make a kissy face
- Put your finger against your lip (or, indeed, any part of your hand / arm / foot)
- Inhale whilst breathing words like "too" or "tooka"
- Use uvular oscillation and clickrolls to add rolls to the scratch
- Put into a beat
Note that there are a massive variety of ways you can do this sound. The finger and thumb method described is the most common when it comes to putting the sound into a beat because it's possible to do it whilst holding a microphone. But really, you don't even need to limit yourself to using your hands.
- Make a kissy face
- Put your finger against your lip (or, indeed, any part of your hand / arm / foot)
- Inhale whilst breathing words like "too" or "tooka"
- Use uvular oscillation and clickrolls to add rolls to the scratch
- Put into a beat
Note that there are a massive variety of ways you can do this sound. The finger and thumb method described is the most common when it comes to putting the sound into a beat because it's possible to do it whilst holding a microphone. But really, you don't even need to limit yourself to using your hands.
Method 2
- Place the tip of your finger (You can use any finger) just against your mouth.
- It's important to leave the gap in your mouth small (size of a pea) so you can get that whistly sound you want. If you leave the gap bigger you will get a deeper scratch which is still a good sounding scratch but not the one you want.
- Now what you have to do is breathe inwards and you should get that scratching sound.
- Ok now this is the most important part of crab scratching - changing the tones. To change the tones it is like saying "Tooka" but you do it inwards and unvocalized and this should get your crab scratch sounding great.
- Place the tip of your finger (You can use any finger) just against your mouth.
- It's important to leave the gap in your mouth small (size of a pea) so you can get that whistly sound you want. If you leave the gap bigger you will get a deeper scratch which is still a good sounding scratch but not the one you want.
- Now what you have to do is breathe inwards and you should get that scratching sound.
- Ok now this is the most important part of crab scratching - changing the tones. To change the tones it is like saying "Tooka" but you do it inwards and unvocalized and this should get your crab scratch sounding great.
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