Happy Monday!
One of our warm ups in music class is an activity called "echo clapping". It's a "follow-the-leader" style game, and we do body percussion (stomping, clapping, etc.), vocal warm ups (sirens, consonant work, etc.), and a little bit of beatboxing! Beatboxing is an excellent way to warm up the facial muscles in preparation for singing and helps us get ready to clearly articulate the various sounds in given languages.
Practicing beatboxing skills can also help improve speech difficulties. Check out this article about World Champion Beatboxer Kaila Mullady. She tells the story about showing her brother's speech therapist different beatboxing sounds to help the brother practice and improve his speech:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-april-13-2018-1.4616838/music-in-mind-and-mouth-how-beatboxing-is-helping-kids-with-speech-problems-1.4616923
For a demonstration of beatboxing, here is a link to a Ted Talk of an Australian beatboxer demonstrating his wide range of skills.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNZBSZD16cY&feature=youtu.be
The voice is a traditional instrument, but using your mouth, neck, and face in such a wide variety of ways puts beatboxing in the "non-traditional instrument" category for sure.
One of our warm ups in music class is an activity called "echo clapping". It's a "follow-the-leader" style game, and we do body percussion (stomping, clapping, etc.), vocal warm ups (sirens, consonant work, etc.), and a little bit of beatboxing! Beatboxing is an excellent way to warm up the facial muscles in preparation for singing and helps us get ready to clearly articulate the various sounds in given languages.
Practicing beatboxing skills can also help improve speech difficulties. Check out this article about World Champion Beatboxer Kaila Mullady. She tells the story about showing her brother's speech therapist different beatboxing sounds to help the brother practice and improve his speech:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-april-13-2018-1.4616838/music-in-mind-and-mouth-how-beatboxing-is-helping-kids-with-speech-problems-1.4616923
For a demonstration of beatboxing, here is a link to a Ted Talk of an Australian beatboxer demonstrating his wide range of skills.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNZBSZD16cY&feature=youtu.be
The voice is a traditional instrument, but using your mouth, neck, and face in such a wide variety of ways puts beatboxing in the "non-traditional instrument" category for sure.
