Every sound, by name

71 sounds in the map. Type what you call it — the official name, a nickname, or how it's written — then open the sound to hear it, learn it, find who teaches it, and add your own recording.

• tkkClick RollClicks · Common

  Tongue clicks fired in a rapid roll — a drum fill with no drums.

  nothing to hear yetaka Inward Click Roll

• clopClopClicks · Common

  The horse-hoof pop — your tongue drops off the palate and your mouth shapes the pitch.

  ▶ clipaka Hollow Clop

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• pkPalate ClickClicks · Common

  A deep, hollow pop clicked off the roof of the mouth.

  nothing to hear yet

• tskSide ClickClicks · Common

  The lateral click from the side of the tongue — the classic horse-trot sound.

  nothing to hear yetaka Lateral Click

• tckTongue ClickClicks · Common

  The crisp "tsk" of the tongue — percussion that needs no breath at all.

  nothing to hear yet

Hearable here: 10 with an editorial clip, 0 more through a community example · 0 have community recordings. Names and difficulty in beatbox are partly a matter of scene and taste; aliases are listed so you can find a sound by any of them, and nothing here claims who invented what.