Turntablism
This lesson is part of the Electronic Music & Sound Production category. |
Objectives[edit]
- Students will become familiar with the role and techniques of live DJs.
- Students will become familiar with the techniques and processes of turntablism.
Resources[edit]
Readings[edit]
- White, "The Phonograph Turntable and Performance Practice in Hip Hop Music"
- Wikipedia: "Turntablism"
Listening or Videos[edit]
- Doug Pray, Scratch (2002)
- DJ Angelo, Turntable Tutorial:
- "Getting started in Turntablism"
- "Scratching Basics 1"
- "Scratching Basics 2"
- "Tear"
- "Fading & Cutting"
- "Stab"
- "Transformer"
- "Chirp"
- "One Click Flare Orbit"
- "Two Click Flare Orbit"
- "Crab"
- "Beat Juggling Basics 1"
- "Beat Juggling Basics 2"
- "Beat Juggling Using Loops"
- "Beat Juggling With Pauses"
- "Beat Juggling — Chasing/Strobing"
- "Trick Mixing"
Tools[edit]
Class Activities[edit]
- Discussion of the origins and characteristics of DJing
- Analysis of different types of turntable mixes
- Discussion and demonstration of turntablism
- Improvisation on a turntable
Assignments[edit]
- Analysis of turntable techniques in recorded music
- Composition of a scratched phrased using turntable notation