REQ: The Complete Guide To DJ Basics With Turntables And A Mixer
In this video course, world-renowned DJ Shortee teaches you all the essential basics that you need to know when you are first learning how to DJ using two turntables and a DJ mixer. You will learn how to handle the record, the correct way to put the needle on the record, where to place your hand on the record, and the best way to forward and rewind the record. Discover how to read the grooves on the record and various ways to cue up your songs using both traditional vinyl and control vinyl, for use with DJ software such as Serato and Traktor.
Shortee teaches you three different ways to listen to the music in your headphones, how to identify the beat, and how to tune your ears to be able to isolate the drum sounds within your music. She explains basic music theory; note values; how to count beats, bars, and phrases in 4/4 time; and how to identify the one. You will discover various ways of counting the beats per minute (bpm) of your music and why its so important to know the tempos of all your songs. Shortee teaches you the two most important scratches for DJing on turntables, the baby scratch and the release scratch, how to combine them with each other as well as with the crossfader, and how to use them to drop your songs on the one. To finish things off strong, you will learn how to perform a basic transition between two songs with the same bpm, using the crossfader to blend them together.
The Complete Guide to DJ Basics with Turntables and a Mixer is an excellent course for beginners without any DJ experience as well as intermediate or advanced DJs who are transitioning from another gear setup and learning how to DJ on turntables for the first time. Every lesson is taught in a clear and concise way that is easy for anyone to understand. The skills you will learn in this course will set you up perfectly for the next course: The Complete Guide to Beginner DJ Mixing with Turntables and a Mixer, in which Shortee teaches beat matching and beginner mixing. This information-packed course is part of the Turntable Series of Shortee's Complete DJ Method. It works seamlessly in conjunction with her DJ Gear course The Complete DJ Guide To Turntables and a Mixer and is essential for building a strong foundation to take your skills to the next level.
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Shortee teaches you three different ways to listen to the music in your headphones, how to identify the beat, and how to tune your ears to be able to isolate the drum sounds within your music. She explains basic music theory; note values; how to count beats, bars, and phrases in 4/4 time; and how to identify the one. You will discover various ways of counting the beats per minute (bpm) of your music and why its so important to know the tempos of all your songs. Shortee teaches you the two most important scratches for DJing on turntables, the baby scratch and the release scratch, how to combine them with each other as well as with the crossfader, and how to use them to drop your songs on the one. To finish things off strong, you will learn how to perform a basic transition between two songs with the same bpm, using the crossfader to blend them together.
The Complete Guide to DJ Basics with Turntables and a Mixer is an excellent course for beginners without any DJ experience as well as intermediate or advanced DJs who are transitioning from another gear setup and learning how to DJ on turntables for the first time. Every lesson is taught in a clear and concise way that is easy for anyone to understand. The skills you will learn in this course will set you up perfectly for the next course: The Complete Guide to Beginner DJ Mixing with Turntables and a Mixer, in which Shortee teaches beat matching and beginner mixing. This information-packed course is part of the Turntable Series of Shortee's Complete DJ Method. It works seamlessly in conjunction with her DJ Gear course The Complete DJ Guide To Turntables and a Mixer and is essential for building a strong foundation to take your skills to the next level.
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