- Flute beatboxing
Flute beatboxing represents an innovation in the extended technique of the
flute , or conversely, an extension in innovative sound resonators forbeatbox ing. Involving the production of distinct and stereoscopic flute tones combined withvocal percussion andaural prestidigitation (slight-of-ear), flute beatboxing enables the use of the flute as a rhythmic instrument.Most beatbox historians credit
RadioActive as the original flute-beatboxer (using apan flute , and performing with theSpearhead around the world)), andTim Barsky with being the original innovator in the field of flute beatboxing on a classical Boehm system flute. Both artists came out of the bay area hip-hop scene, where beatboxing has flourished since its inception.Notable beatbox flautists
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Tim Barsky
*Nathan Lee
*Greg Pattillo
*Mathieu SchneiderLinks
Video
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z0USJhfCpZQ Tim Barsky]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=59ZX5qdIEB0 Greg Pattillo Inspector Gadget remix]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=aEcMBc1SBII Nathan Lee playing]
* [http://elusid.info/daily-news/beat-boxing-flute-guy A collection of Beat Box Flute Videos]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtMMc4DNIZ8 Mathieu Schneider]
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