How do you sing a drum part?

**LLHawk** · 08-02-2009, 11:56 AM

I hear drummers say "if I can't sing the part, I can't play it." How are you singing a groove for example? How do you break up the the snare and bass drum while singing to yourself?

**DamageDrummer** · 08-02-2009, 12:31 PM

i cant sing drum parts, its embarrassing...everyone starts laughing at me.

**Northern Redneck** · 08-02-2009, 01:33 PM

Boom pap boom boom pap

**drummer** · 08-02-2009, 01:47 PM

You can use any sounds or words you want. It just has to resemble or reflect the way the instrument sounds. The above example is a good one. Here's another:

Boom Boom Bap, Bap Ti Boom Bap

Boom = Bass Drum
Bap = Snare Drum
Ti = Hi Hat

These are just some out of hundreds of different ones people use. You can get an idea of how a lot of people do it by watching human beat boxers or "drum rappers". Check this guy out:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wssAbnGyU_4"]YouTube - Awesome mouth drummer (Is like 10 pieces drum set_[/ame]

**drummer** · 08-02-2009, 01:59 PM

Check out this "mouth drummer". The guy is amazing. He works in the melody while he's beat boxing. He can do brush sounds that sound like the real thing man. Incredible!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOJG6j40agw"]YouTube - En.Dru the Mouth-Drummer - Beatbox Battle TV[/ame]

**Quadcam79** · 08-02-2009, 05:17 PM

He's "pretty fly for a white guy"

you could also get one of these
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnFV-fvgOu0"]YouTube - Beatboxing Parrot![/ame]

**crazymanwithaplunger** · 08-02-2009, 09:44 PM

There's that odl trick of using words that have the same number of syllables to count it out - for example Hippopotamus for something that requires 5 strokes. Then there's the good ol' parradiddle which sounds like what it is.