Beatboxing for Kids
Learning and science
music education for kids
SHOW HN2019
102points
15comments
#477of 2,195 in 2019
Top 22%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.
Idea: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun and simple, commenters would try it with kids
From 2 comments
I like it, simple and fun! Going to try this with my niece tonight.
j_m_b on HNMy 2 year old loves beatboxing. And cats. He will love boots and cats.
dnjdrbdhdbs on HN
Objections
Audio examples do not play on iOS and Safari
From 2 comments
Looking at the site on a small-screen iPhone 5S, your SVG gets messed up at lower resolutions. I thought it was my eyes at first until I zoomed up: https://imgur.com/a/j3Eqgwm…
joezydeco on HNDesktop Safari doesn't play them either. I guess it's because Apple still doesn't like Vorbis? For iOS users who have a compatible player installed (I think VLC should do the…
n3k5 on HN
Lyric rhythm notation is misleading about timing
From 1 comment
One problem is that from reading the words there's no way to know what rhythm is intended, in fact the words are often written in a misleading way. So I start beatboxing the way…
Thorrez on HN
Kids may resist learning it from parents
From 1 comment
Looked like fun. Asked both kids (8,14). “Daaaaad! Nooo!” “I’m not doing that.” Then they went back to reading paper books, rigging wooden ship models, building forts in the…
Kaibeezy on HN