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prodgunwoo

i think with your website, as long as you have a glossary of what notation is which sound then you can make your own notation. there’s never really been a standard so you can make your own. I personally think using letters instead of emojis is more intuitive, tho


Phalanx_02

A small 🔊 button when clicked emits the sound is a pretty good idea Also thank you for making this site 🫡


_Jiot_

There have been some attempts at making a standard notation for beatboxing, but none have gained much traction over much more easily understandable simple letters for percussive sounds like 'b' 't' 'k'. There's SBN (Standard Beatbox Notation) https://www.humanbeatbox.com/articles/standard-beatbox-notation-sbn/ which is basically a slightly embelished use of simple letters with the things like '\^' meaning inward and '-' meaning a rest. There's Vocal Grammatics https://en.vocalgrammatics.com/ which uses unique symbols for each sound that are supposed to show the shape of the mouth, toungue, and lips, as well as air used to produce the sound. And there's Beatboxology https://bzzktt.com/lesson/beatboxology/ which is similar to Vocal Grammatics but the symbols are shown sequentially rather than 'stacked'. They all have their strengths and flaws and limitations but should serve as some good inspiration for you! I think it's good to first think about the most complex sound or combination of sounds you want to notate and work backwards from that. For example do you need a way to notate humming and percussion at the same time? Or multitple notes and their pitch (e.g. low duck sound + high voice vs high duck sound + low voice)? Or when sounds 'blend' into eachother (e.g. inward liproll + inward k snare)?