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Turntable DJ Techniques & Terms

Baby Scratch:

Moving your hand back and forth in a steady motion creating a wiggy-wiggy sound; usually takes two minutes for DJs to learn .

Beat Juggling:

Remixing a song live by playing with the instrumentation of a song on one turntable while the dj plays the same song on the other turntable.

Break:

To introduce songs that the mass media have overlooked.

Breakbeats:

Riffs or beats used as the percussive foundation for hip-hop songs, for example, Aerosmith's "Walk This Way"

Chirp:

A sharp scratch that sounds like a bird chirp, like a faster baby scratch, but entails pulling the record back really fast to create a hiccup sound.

Crossfader:

The switch that alternates the sound between the left and right turntable.

Cut:

Scratching the record and manipulating a song by using two copies of the same song and remixing it live.

Crab:

Anchoring your thumb on the crossfader while tapping the other four fingers on it, vibrating the sound.

Flare:

A scambled scratch, an advanced version of the "transform"; this takes about two months for a dj to perfect.

Megamix:

The art of quickly mixing records into a non-stop medley.

Needle dropping:

Taking two copies of the same record, playing a percussion break on one, while moving the needle to the beginning on the other.

Scratch:

Taking an existing song and manipulating it with your hands in a rhythmic way; some DJs spell it "skratch."

Scribble:

Tensing your hand onto the record to create a hard vibrating noise.

Spinning:

Putting a record on the turntable and letting it play to the end.

Stab scratching:

Jabbing the record in a stabbing motion by pushing the record and pulling it back to cut off the reverse sound; creates a staccato boom-boom sound.

Trainwrecking:

A DJ no-no. When two records are mixed off-beat, the kicks don't match up with the kicks and the snares don't match up with the snares.

Transforming:

Cutting the sound in and out.

Turntablism:

Using the record player as an instrument and developing compositions off of it. Some DJs can create a cool song, for example "Rockit" by Herbie Hancock.

DJ Terms Source: Paulo Bello, an instructior with the DJ School and Turntable Academy in Campbell, Shortkut from the San Francisco DJ Crew Triple Threat, DJ Edit. Some changes edited by DJ Daniel, Bay Area DJ disc jockey

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