Beatboxing

Beatboxing is the use of the mouth, voice, and breath to imitate drum patterns, rhythms, and other musical sounds. Performers create percussion and other sounds without conventional instruments.

Vocal percussion: The production of percussion sounds with the voice and vocal tract. Beatboxing is a modern, highly developed form of vocal percussion.
Rhythm: The organization of sounds and silences in time. Beatboxing turns vocal sounds into patterned musical time.
Hip-hop: A cultural movement and music tradition that emerged in the Bronx in the 1970s. Beatboxing became one of hip-hop’s recognizable performance practices.
Loop station: An audio device or software tool that records and repeats short musical passages. Beatboxers use loops to layer vocal parts into fuller arrangements.
Drum kit: A collection of drums and cymbals played by one percussionist. Beatboxing imitates many drum-kit roles using the vocal tract instead of instruments.
Vocal tract: The anatomical passage from the larynx through the mouth and nose that shapes speech and vocal sound. Tongue, lips, and oral cavities shape beatboxing’s distinctive timbres.
Timbre: The quality that distinguishes sounds with the same pitch and loudness. Small changes in articulation give vocal imitations their recognizable instrumental character.
Doug E. Fresh: An American rapper and beatboxer known for popularizing beatboxing in hip-hop during the 1980s. His performances and recordings helped bring beatboxing to a broad audience.
A cappella: Music performed without instrumental accompaniment. Beatboxing can supply percussion for vocal ensembles.
Mouth trumpet: A vocal technique that imitates a trumpet’s tone and phrasing with the mouth. It focuses on melodic brass imitation rather than beatboxing’s broader rhythmic palette.

Linked from 5 pages