This lesson continues working on scratch transitions by ending a four-bar phrase with a quarter note and dropping the record on beat one. It demonstrates how to practice the phrase and record release separately, including using quarter note baby scratches to work on releasing the record cleanly and in time before putting the full transition together.
Below is the original transcript from the video.
What’s up? In this video, we will be working on scratch transitions, and we are going to keep stepping things up and working through a progression.
We started this series by ending a four-bar phrase with a sixteenth note, the “a” of beat four, which is the last sixteenth note in the bar, and dropping on beat one.
In the last video, we worked on ending our phrase on the “and” of beat four and dropping on beat one.
In this video, we’re going to end our four-bar phrase with a quarter note and drop on beat one. Alright, now that I got that out of the way, let’s go over the phrase. Here we go!
Rhythm 1 Phrase
In earlier videos, I mentioned if you’re having trouble, it helps to work on the phrase and the record release separately.
Sometimes you just need to break things down into chunks. Okay! Let’s move on to the transition. Here we go!
Rhythm 2 Transition
If you are having issues with timing the release, take a break from the rhythm and just focus on releasing the record cleanly, in time.
Leave the fader open and baby scratch quarter notes (that’s one scratch per beat) to lock in the timing. Then drop on beat one. Once you’ve got that, put it all together. I hope this helps. Hit the like button! See you soon. Peace!
FAQs
1. How can you work on timing the record release?
You can work on timing the record release by leaving the fader open, baby scratching quarter notes to lock in the timing, and then dropping on beat one.
2. Why would you practice the record release separately from the rhythm?
You would practice the record release separately from the rhythm because it lets you focus on releasing the record cleanly and in time.
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.
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