Tutorial #45: Inward Bass

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Welcome back to YOU Can Beatbox. Today we're tackling a pretty popular sound in the new school of trap beatboxing: inward bass. Some beatboxers have become pretty well known for this sound like Markooz, B-Art and Inertia. One quick disclaimer before we begin: this sound can be pretty hard on your throat so take it slow as you're learning it to keep your throat and vocal chords healthy.

Inward bass is really just a form of throat bass, but instead of breathing out, you breath in, like this [demo]. If you remember from the sonic boom tutorial (   • Tutorial #24: Sonic BOOM || YOU Can Beatbo...  , we learned a type of throat bass that sounded like this [demo]. It's a very breathy sound that vibrates your throat and vocal chords made by opening your throat a little and breathing out. Inward throat bass is a very similar. The technique that I learned to make inward bass is just to try alternating breathing in and out while doing this throat bass, like this [demo]. Alternate until your you get the sound you want and then try slowing down to extend the inward bass. Since it can be tough to get an extended inward bass at first, keep at this method until your can relax your throat to the point that you can hold an inward bass for a while. I would love to link to the original tutorial where I learned this method but couldn't find it, but comment below if you know what YouTuber posted this technique. Another way to get inward bass is to inhale very slow and try to make a harsh, low sound by constricting the back of your throat. Take it slow as you first start so your throat can get used to this positioning and feeling. Hopefully one of those two techniques work for you and let's do one practice beat to try it out:
1) B in out in out Psh in out in out x2


Mics pick up inward bass really well so dont be afraid to try it out. And that wraps up this tutorial. Check out 80Fitz and TylaDubyaGive this video a like and subscribe to this channel if you haven't done so yet. Thanks for watching YOU Can Beatbox and next time we'll be updating our look at inward drag.