Turntablism DJ Course
- →Correct hand placement and record control
- →Setting weights/height/anti-skipping on tonearm (turntables) & setting marks
- →Setting jog adjust on CDJs
- →Setting the latency on a controller
- →What you would need to configure a portable turntable
- →Faderless Scratches: Baby, Drag, Scribble
- →Proper fader technique
- →Basic fader scratches: stab, military, transform
- →Creating scratch combos
- →Effective practice habits
- →Open-fader & advanced scratches: chirps, triplets, flares, crab
- →Scratching words, phrases, & acapellas
- →Scratching with FX
- →Introduction to beat juggling: 2 & 1-bar backspins
- →Combining scratching and beat juggling
- →Using scratching as a transition tool
- →1/2 & 1/4-bar backspins
- →Scratch drumming
- →Practicing in a group setting/working as a team (carousel scratches and juggling)
- →Advanced beat juggling patterns – chasing, double & triple ups, and ghost juggling
- →Incorporating body tricks
- →Building a jaw-dropping set incorporating turntablism
- →Preparing your set
- →Recording your set
- →Marketing and promoting your gig
Turntablism DJ Course | Tokyo
- →Setting weights/height/anti-skipping on tonearm (turntables) & setting marks
- →Setting jog adjust on CDJs
- →Setting the latency on a controller
- →What you would need to configure a portable turntable
- →Faderless Scratches: Baby, Drag, Scribble
- →Correct hand placement and record control
What our students say.
“The Garnish DJ course gives you a full spectrum of experience from practicing your set, refining it, and then playing for an audience. The DJ course provided the knowledge and experience I needed to feel confident playing anywhere.”
Patrick Lewey
Who you'll learn from.
Questions we hear a lot.
The length is in the glance strip at the top of this page, and the tuition for this campus - with the registration fee and any early-booking rate - sits just above the call to action.
Yes. Sessions run in person at this campus and live online at the same time, so you join whichever suits you.
No. It is a split-level course - established DJs sharpening their sets alongside beginners starting from the first scratch.
DJ Dynamix, three-time Red Bull Thre3style champion.
To scratch to any genre, beat juggle, and use the latest technology under your hands.
Yes - ask admissions about private instruction and we will pair you with a specialist in this subject.
36 Hours | In-Person: ¥361,000 | 33% off Online Remote Attendance
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