Lesson 4 – Part 4

The D-Kick

In this lesson you will learn how to make a Kick Drum sound using only your tongue whilst holding your breath!

Making the D-Kick

Now you know how to hold your breath whilst keeping your mouth open, you can make sounds using only your tongue.

The D-Kick looks like this:

And sounds like this:

It is a tight Alveolar Plosive made whilst holding your breath.

Watch the video to see a beatboxer make the D-Kick sound and see if you can make it too.

When you are ready, take the quiz to test yourself on what you have learned so far in this lesson.