This lesson continues working on fills and transitions by showing how each measure where a fill is added can have a different feel. It uses fills in measures 2, 4, 6, and 8 to demonstrate how the length and placement of a fill can create different effects or moods. The lesson then builds on that idea by adding a transition.
Below is the original transcript from the video.
What’s up? In this video, we’re going to continue working on fills and transitions. In the last video, we had the first example’s fills in measures 1, 3, 5, and 7. We’re going to keep working through the progression, so this time we’re going to scratch the first example’s fills in measures 2, 4, 6, and 8.
Okay? I’m going to scratch with the snare drum from beat 4. Time to dive in. Here we go!
Rhythm 1
If you’ve been with us through the entirety of this series, hopefully you’re starting to see that each measure where we add a fill has a different feel. Fills in measures 2, 4, 6, and 8 feel different from fills in measures 1, 3, 5, and 7, which means we can create different effects or moods depending on how long or short the fills are, or where we place them. I’ll explain more in a sec.
We’re still putting the fills in measures 2, 4, 6, and 8, but this time we’re going to add a transition.
Alright! Here we go!
Rhythm 2
Understanding what I was doing opened up endless possibilities for me. Take what you’ve learned from this series and play around with adding fills to different measures. Have fun and get creative!
If you want more rhythms to practice, you can find hundreds in our book Scratching Made Easy Turntable Method. The link is in the description.
Peace!
FAQs
1. How do fills in different measures change the feel of a rhythm?
Fills in different measures can change the feel of a rhythm by creating different effects or moods depending on where they are placed.
About the Authors
Jason E. Bullock and M. Dwayne Bullock (DjRoninTokyo) are the creators of Scratching Made Easy and the authors of Scratching Made Easy Turntable Method Book 1: A Guide to Scratching. They created a scratch notation system that uses standard musical notation to apply fundamental music concepts to scratching.
