3 Easy Steps to Learn any Beatbox Pattern

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Listen, in this video (scroll down for video) we're going to talk about beating the frustration of learning a new beatbox beat. How do we do that? We can do it in three simple steps - by slowing the rhythm down, by splitting it into sections, and by repetition.

Let's get into it.

Step One:

Firstly, slowing the rhythm down. Now this might feel like it's a boring way to learn beatboxing, because all you want to do is go hyperspeed and blast through this cool beatbox rhythm, right? But slowing the rhythm down is going to activate your muscle memory. All we need to do is feed our muscles that rhythm and then let muscle memory do the rest of the work.

Slowing the beat down is an awesome way to do this. We just need to feed that rhythm into our mind and muscles. The important thing is to make sure that we keep the rhythm in time. No matter what speed we slow it down or speed it up to. Just make sure the rhythm is still in time.

It may seem boring, but you're gonna learn the beat this way. Make sure you slow the rhythm down. It doesn't matter one bit if you're doing the rhythm really slow. When you’re just starting to learn how to beatbox, it’s a good idea to start slow. Then slowly but surely, speed up that rhythm. If you practice this way, you'll make sure you keep your timing and your clarity!

Step two

Split the rhythm into sections. Break it down into smaller bite-sized pieces that you can easily learn rather than thinking about the entire rhythm and hitting that frustration wall. Hitting a wall of frustration is only going to demotivate you.

So you want to keep that inspiration up, that excitement up, that motivation up. Make sure you can learn every step of the way. You want to just keep on scoring every time you try and practice your beatboxing, whatever you are trying to learn. So break it down into bite-sized steps.

So once you've got each of these smaller sections down, you can start to piece them together. Depending on the type of rhythm, your ability and where you are on your beatbox journey, you might have split a rhythm into two sections, maybe three sections, maybe four or maybe more.

It's a simple process and a simple step that you can apply to absolutely any rhythm. It's what I do to learn rhythms too. I follow these exact steps and it one hundred percent works.

Get over that frustration, beat that frustration. We don't want to be hitting that wall. This is how we can avoid it. So far we've got ‘slowing the beat down’ and ‘splitting it into sections’.

Step three

Repetition. Going over and over and over and over that rhythm.

Just keep on going over it. You can apply this step to the whole beat (repeating the whole beat) and you can apply it to the individual smaller sections too.
You can apply this to any beat on the planet, whether it's basic, intermediate, advanced or insane. It's really something you can apply to absolutely everything and you will learn it if you follow these steps.

Okay, so about this step, ‘repetition’ and getting this into your day: try and find a moment in your day when you can kind of do this unconsciously.

So you might be doing something else. This could be an admin task or something else where you can kind of switch off. You want to be able to just repeat a certain part of a beat and just keep it going over it without having to think about it too much. Does that make sense? This is a really cool way to just keep it going, get loads of reps in and feed your muscle memory.

The more you do it, the quicker you're going to feed your muscle memory and the quicker you're going to learn that rhythm. I can’t tell you the number of times i’d been struggling to learn a full beat after spending 20 mins just repeating it slowly to myself. The amazing thing is that many times I would give myself a break and when I come back to beatbox the rhythm, I can do it perfectly - and fast!

It could be an overnight thing. So you wake up the next day and bang! Like that. You've just learnt the rhythm. You've got it. It feels natural. You've got it in time and it's automatic. That's the amazing thing about it. Or it could just be like, you go and have your lunch, you go and get yourself a smoothie or whatever and then you come back and you try it again and maybe before, you know, you weren't quite there and then all of a sudden you've got it. And it's through that repetition, feeding the muscle memory, putting in that work.

And I promise you, it really works wonders. So you've got to try and find a way to get those reps in. Try and find a way to repeat that as many times as you can. So there are points in your day, like I beatbox a lot when I'm driving, right? I can drive with full focus on the road and be aware of everything around me. While in driving mode I can also repeat my beats, certain parts of rhythms and techniques. And I kind of get a lot of practice done that way. So try and find a place at a time in your day where you can kind of beatbox unconsciously and get those reps in.

Summary

1. Slowing the Rhythm Down

Slowing down the rhythm helps activate muscle memory.
Practice the rhythm at a slow pace to maintain timing and clarity.
Gradually speed up the rhythm as you become more comfortable.

2. Splitting the Rhythm into Sections

Break down the rhythm into smaller, manageable sections.
Focus on learning each section separately to avoid frustration.
Piece the sections together as you master each part.

3. Repetition

Repeat the rhythm or its sections multiple times throughout the day.
Incorporate practice into routine tasks to reinforce muscle memory.
Consistent repetition leads to quicker mastery and fluidity.

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Keep the beats alive,

Danny

School Of Beatbox