Classic Snare [ p ]

This is one of the most common ways of making a snare drum sound in human beatboxing. Here is an example of a classic snare drum made using one of the variations described below:

Phonetic Description

In phonetics, the Classic Snare Drum is described as a bilabial plosive. This means it is made by completely closing both lips and then releasing them accompanied by a burst of air. In the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as well as in Standard Beatbox Notation (SBN) the symbol p is used.

Method

The simplest way of making a classic snare sound is to say the letter 'p'. However, making a 'p' sound is too quiet. To make it louder you can do several things. The first is to make a lip oscillation. This is where you push the air out of your lips making them vibrate. The second is where you breath out at the same time making a [ ph ] sound.

Variations

To make the 'p' sound more interesting and more snare-like, most beatboxers add a second fricative (continuous) sound to the initial 'p' sound: pf ps psh bk

For the full tutorial, go to http://www.humanbeatbox.com/snares/p2_articleid/69

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[deadwind1111]

I sucessfully cover my computer screen with spit

[mieki1]

Plz somebody tell me ... this sounds from 0:50 are ... Bm - t - pf -tbt - bm - pf ... and what later ? I can't recognise it ... tbbm - pf ? or what. Please I need it beat it all by myself

[Joshndthatdude]

@edsonangel2 No, you don't vocalize the snare,

[WNYGaming]

240P....We meet again.

[syib221]

hey i can do this.quite similar to marching lesson.

[edsonangel2]

One question:

Do you need to vocalize the pff? Cause it is hard without vocalizing it.

[michael4sumaher]

@mieki1 thats tbtbm the tbtbm is impossible to do without a t in the middle

[raydc2r]

hahahahaha

[Rayz0ne]

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[sk8boarder235]

wtf i did this and i didnt even know there was a classic snare hahaha iam jus like u

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[n00b3rl33t]

i've been doing the pff sound for a really long time now and it is really effective. lol i figured it out myself too and just now watched this video