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Basic Beginner Scratching on Vinyl DJ Lesson for the New Turntabalist PT4 Same Move Sound Different
Contents of the video
0:01 First of all the demonstration, then the explanation
Right guys, first of all the demonstration, then the explanation. So here we go. So it looked very simple, sounded weird, but it's still all about practice. Now you may have noticed when I did it to begin with, the deck was actually off, so there was no power going to the turntable itself and it wasn't moving. Now what I'm trying to do is I am trying to have a scratch that starts slow, goes fast, slow, fast, slow, fast. Now also my moves are very minuscule to begin with and then they get broader. So if you imagine my moves on the actual deck itself or on the vinyl, it's to begin with, it's a couple of centimetres. Then you get three or four, five and six, and then back down to a couple of centimetres.
1:32 Why are you doing something like this?
So if we watch, so from here. Alright, so why are you doing something like this? So what's happening is you're getting used to having a sound that seems to work well around itself. Now that sounds strange, doesn't it, to say that? But let me do a kind of a... ...random scratch. I'm going to turn the deck on and you'll see exactly what I mean. So here's that sound I got.
2:23 I mean, that's all over the place, isn't it?
I mean, that's all over the place, isn't it? It really is all over the place. But if you imagine a hill, you're going up the hill to the top and down the other side. That's sort of what's happening here. It's almost as though the sound I'm making is an entire sound in itself. Listen.
Let's count. One, two. Okay, just try that. It's small little moves like this. The repetitive motion of doing it again and again and again that will, of course, will help you. Now the only thing I haven't got here that I recommend you have is some form of beat to go along with. Now again, if you're using software or DVS, you can, of course, slow the beat down or you can speed it up. Alright? Hope this is a help. This is video number... Four. Practice and enjoy. Thank you.
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