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The common terminology of Skratch DJ is named after the repeated use and invention by many scratching DJ masters. The names of these Skratch effects vividly represent the different characteristics of each Skratch.

1. Baby Skratch - This is a relatively simple scratching technique. Baby Skratch does not use the Cross Fader on the mixing console to move the record directly with your fingers, and rub the Sample on the record forward and towards the record. Rub afterwards. When putting on a backing record and harmonizing Baby Skratch with Battle Beat, it is very interesting to use Baby Skratch continuously and takes some time to practice seriously.

2. Forward Skratch - It is easier to use Fader to cut notes and accompaniment records to harmonize when the record is scratched forward.

3. Backward Skratch - It requires a certain amount of skill in using the Fader and the strength of the scratch when pulling the record back, using the Fader to cut and harmonize with the accompaniment record. Require.

4.Tear Skratch——Tear Skratch is the same as Baby Skratch in that there is no need to use a Fader. Unlike Baby Skratch, two different sounds are produced when playing back the record. This action can be quickly completed the moment Fader is opened. It can also be used with Baby Skratch. If you need fast speed, you can also use it with Backward Skratch and Forward Skratch.

5.Flare Skratch - invented by DJ Flare and popularized by DJ Qbert. The Fader should be on when Flare Skratch starts, and you can quickly turn off the Fader twice when scratching the record forward. If you move quickly enough, you can open and close the Fader more times to perform different types of Flare Skratch.

6.Transfom Skratch - This is a famous Skratch technique invented by DJ Cash Money. This Skratch is when your record is moving and completing one sound, using the fader to cut it to complete three or more sounds. The sound that comes out has a continuous effect, and the switching speed of the Fader must be fast enough.

7. Crab Skratch - This was invented by DJ Qbert based on the modification of DJ Excel's Twidde Skratch. At the Vestax DJ competition in Japan in 1995, DJ Excel asked Qbert how to use the Flare Skratch. When Excel showed Qbert his Flare Skratch technique, he used his thumb and two other fingers to switch the Fader, which looked like a spring. This action attracted Qbert. After the game, Qbert returned to San Francisco and modified this Skratch technique, using three or four fingers to quickly complete the Fader switching action. Later that year, the American DMC DJ finals were held in San Francisco. The judges were Beat Junkies, X-Men and ISP. As a performance in this competition, these groups performed Skratch together, and Qbert demonstrated his newly invented Skratch technique Crad. When Qbert played this Skratch technique, the five fingers switching Fader looked like a crab.

8. Chirp Skratch - This is a technique perfected and popularized by DJ Jazzy Jeff. When your record moves forward or backward, the Fader should also open and close with the movement of the record. Skratch's If the movement is done very slowly, the effect may not be very good, but after speeding up the movement of Skratch, the effect will be different.

9.Scribble Skratch - can be understood as a casual scratch or random scratch. It is similar to Baby Skratch. You don't need a fader, but you need to move the record back and forth within a very small range at a very fast speed, and make the sound grow stronger and weaker.

10.Tweak Skratch - This was invented by Mixmaster Mike, a member of Invisbl Skratch Piklz. When doing Tweak Skratch, the Turntable's motor needs to be turned off. Use your fingers to move turntables and records, and use Fader to change the sound of Tweak Skratch without using Fader.

It is best to use Long Tone Type Samples for this kind of Skratch, but other sounds can also be used.

11. Bubble Skratch - This was invented by Danish DJ Noize. Rotate the EQ knob from minimum to maximum while moving the record back and forth to get a Wah-Wah-like sound effect produced by a foot pedal< /p>

12. Fades Skratch - Instead of a Cross Fader, use a single-way vertical fader. When moving the record, slowly push the vertical fader from small to large to make the sound gradually stronger, and then slowly pull the pusher down. , to make the sound fade

13. Tip Skratch - After moving the record forward and backward quickly, then move the record forward, requiring a longer tail sound at the end. The result is 1, 2-3: 1, 2-3.

14..Hydroplane Skratch - When the record is moving, press the record lightly with your fingers, and move the record forward and backward at a uniform speed, and the moving distance is relatively long.

15.Military Skratch——Military Skratch. This is a combination of Baby Skratch and Forward Skratch.