Basic rhythm

So now you can do basic sounds almost fine? If not stay practising those sounds until you find them easy for you. Don't practise too hard because when you don't practise there's developing still in your mind when you think sounds. That could feel crazy but beatboxing is very visual hobby. You can imagine drum kit in your mind. You can hear basic rhythm for example from tv or radio. It's good to look and hear other beatboxers too if there are beatboxers in your town, village or country. Basic rhythm based on counting 1 2 3 and 4 which includes one tempo. So it looks like this:

Bassdrum - Hihat - Snare - Hihat and then again from beginning.
(1) (2) (3) (4)

Do those sounds exactly same order again again and again. Did it feel good? If you listen to your radio you can hear this kind of stuff for example schlager music. If you can do this beat and follow your favourite artist then you are good. Try this also:

Bassdrum - Hihat - Hihat - Snare - Hihat - Hihat- Bassdrum - Hihat

That is so called 8-Beat. There's eight sounds but there's no fill-in. Fill-in means a place where rhythm goes again to beginning. In that case fill-in comes on last sound on that line. You need there new sound which is open hihat. That hihat which comes between bassdrum and hihat is closed hihat.

Open hihat is almost same as closed hihat but you need to add 'shh' after it. So it sounds 'tss' like you try to say 'this'. You can imagine in this place that you are swishing to someone's ear or trying to keep someone quiet. Do this imagination short as possible and you got good open hihat. So our rhythm line goes like this:

Bassdrum - Hihat - Hihat - Snare - Hihat - Open hihat - Bassdrum - Hihat - Hihat - Snare - Hihat - Open hihat etc. Keep going on untill you can do this:

Bassdrum - Hihat - Hihat - Snare - Bassdrum -Hihat - Open hihat - Snare - Bassdrum - Bassdrum - Hihat - Snare

What was that? Two bassdrums one after the other? Yes it's bassdrum fill-in. There's lot's of that kind of stuff in rock music or in jazz. Ok now you have lots of new stuff to learn. Keep going and don't give up. Soon you can do same rhythms as your grandchild or neighbour brat. This is not so hard as it looks at first sight. If you have still problems with basic sounds go to last lesson about them and practise more.