Beatbox tutorial - Classic snare drum (Pff / pft snare)

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Ah, the snare. My old nemesis. It took me eight freakin' months to get this sound down. Eight! It's supposed to be one of the easy sounds! Eight months! Ah well, I've explained it nice and easy so hopefully it won't take you guys quite as long.

To make the sound:
1 - It's similar to saying the word "poof" without the "oo"
2 - Once you have this "pf" vocalisation, simply experiment with your lips - generally the tighter they are, the higher the snare is

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[Kamiyuuuu]

omg. I've watched like so many tutorials on pf snare but I still can't do it...:(

[FatTonyBBX]

@Kamiyuuuu It took a very long time for me to learn this sound. Don't be disheartened!

-FT

[jimerick1]

i can't do it. my kick drum and the snare drum sounds when i do it the same...

anyone had that problem?

[FatTonyBBX]

@obsgr1 Your FACE was shit.

(To all regular viewers expecting an awesome and mind-blowing retort, I'm sorry. It's 2am.)

-FT

[Thornley5595]

Thx lots!!!!!!! Learnt it in half an hour

[babush40]

i can do the pff sound, but i can't seem to vocalize it. any help?

[lowkaijian]

A question, it seems like you're able to go from low tone to a higher one, any idea how i might achieve a higher tone? I sound like i'm farting all the time lolol

[LockonStratoz933]

shiiiiit i can't do this shiit! this makes my lips strangeee!!!

[trickytree2]

It took me about a year to learn this sound

[FatTonyBBX]

@TakeshiAndTheKid That's called an 808 snare and is one of the oldest beatboxing sounds - TyTe coined that sound back in the 60s! When you use the throat kick with it it sounds amazing.

-FT

[o0marx0o]

@obsgr1 you were my dog shit-> vote 4 me

[TakeshiAndTheKid]

@TakeshiAndTheKid *tounge not snare. lol. and against the roof of your mouth. The problem I had getting it consistant was that I was using more the tip of my tounge, you have to use the middle

[TakeshiAndTheKid]

I find the electronic snare much easier to do. You sort of tense up your snare and make a really strong "T" sound. Hard to get it to sound different from a cymbal sound, especially into a mic, but it can sound really cool when you do. click snares are also awesome and work well for hip hop type stuff. So it's not the end of the world if you can't get it.