Basic DJ Scratching Coordination

Video Transcript

"In this video we're going to get a feel for the basic coordination using both of your hands, the record hand and the crossfader hand. So come with me. Look at this. Get your hand on the record. Get your other hand on the crossfader. Get your "ah" sample queued up and just start moving the record back and forth while horsing around with the crossfader. Don't worry what it sounds like at this point, because we're just working on coordination, just getting them independent. Release the record and open the crossfader. Just any combination you can think of right now. Move over to the "fresh" symbol. Just start moving the record back and forth. Leave the crossfader open and move the record back and forth. Anything that comes to mind right now. This is very free-form, low-pressure. We're not learning anything specific. Just start getting a feel for the record. Make sure you always stay on the sample with the record, because if you're not on the sample, there's no sound really coming out. So get a feel, again, for where the sticker is when the sound is coming and how you feel using the crossfader. It's most important to stay relaxed during this whole thing, because if you get really tense, it's not going to be any fun."