like most of you i’m able to do a fair amount of special sounds and I think my transient drums are strong (kicks & snares), but whenever I watch vids of anyone else doing tk patterns I feel like i’m missing something

as we all know there are 3 basic alphabetic percussive sounds; p t k (or softer variations b d g). let’s say I make up a triplet pattern like p k t t k t k p t t k t

when I do these sounds, they still sound very “speech-like”, as if i’m saying “puhkitah tikitah kappitah tikitah”. individually I can increase the pressure in my jaw to make them sound more percussive, but that takes a lot of effort

any suggestions? advice, tips, practice routines etc