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Stage 6 Performance Technique Course 1 of 5

Learning to Scratch

Intermediate 8 lessons · 37 min

His beginner scratching lesson is the most watched video on the whole channel - over a million views - and it still starts in the right place: one hand, one sound, slowly. The numbered basics run first, then the same moves on CD decks and controllers.

By the end of this course you will be able to

  • Produce a clean baby scratch with the fader open
  • Add the crossfader to cut the scratch
  • Scratch on a CDJ or controller as well as vinyl
  • Recognise the named sounds and build a short combination

Lessons

  1. Scratching on a CDJ

    Duration: 5:41

  2. Getting the "fresh" sound

    Duration: 3:10

  3. Three minutes of deck skills, no commentary

    Optional Duration: 1:06

    A demonstration rather than a lesson - useful as a target.

The stages are the way through

Below this line is the back catalogue, newest first. Useful for browsing, but it is not a course - the videos are in the order they were filmed, not the order to learn them in. Work the stages instead: each one assumes the one before it.

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