Course 5 – Scratch Combos

The Military scratch is normally the first combo we learn, combining the baby and stab scratches. It is the first scratch ...

Part 1 - Intro The Chirp Flare scratch is a versatile combo that is really fun to include in your freestyles. This ...

The See Saw scratch is a forward and reverse slice combo with a specific timing. Video Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 01:09 - ...

The Boomerang scratch is a forward slice to a stab, followed by a reverse slice to a stab. Video Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - Technique ...

The Swing Flare or "3 Click Swing" is a forward slice, to a dice forward, followed by a dice backward. It makes 4 notes ...

The 2 Click Chirp Flare (or chirp to 2 Click Flare) combines a chirp with a 2 click flare to create ...

This is a really fun, upbeat scratch that works well over fast electro beats and with short samples. This scratch draws ...

The first step to learning the fast (9 sound) autobahn. Think of it as a boomerang with the second reverse ...

Add another 3 sounds to the A6 Autobahn and you get the A9 or "Fast" Autobahn. This is essentially a 2 ...

The Slow Autobahn makes 8 sounds and uses a slightly different record movement than the A6 and Fast A9 versions ...

A slow 8 note autobahn style with the 5th note cut off or a pause added. This video contains important ...

Placing the dices on the upbeats gives this combo a syncopated, funky feel. Swing Flare: Slice Forward Dice Reverse Dice Forward ...

Take a regular boomerang and switch up the timing and you get a funky new swingy boomerang style combo! Slice ...

Combine a reverse crab, tear and release with some clever timing to get a funky syncopated rhythm. Reverse Crab (3 or 4 sounds ...

Get crabby with this combo! Another example of putting together simple scratches to create a funky sound. We use syncopation and ...

What do you get if you add an extra click to a twiddle? A twiddle tap! This makes the 3 ...

Add a reverse dice, crab and some transforms to the 9 sound Autobahn and you get this funky triplet pattern ...

This is basicaly a tazer which I create by pushing the record back on the opposite side to normal, then finish ...

The BoomFlare is a combination of the Boomerang and a 2 Click Flare. It is a 12 note pattern which ...

A combo invented by DJ Rafik. Demo Please note: I'm still learning the record hand control that Rafik uses and ...

The first part of this combo is: 2 Click Flare forward and reverse Forward dice Reverse dice Forward dice Reverse 2 ...

A combo created with the motor off just for fun. It's all about record hand control! 2 click flare forward ...

This follows on from the previous DJcity Scratch Combo of the Month Episode 1 mini tutorial. Use the exact same ...

Also known as a California Roll. Demo Breakdown Reverse baby performed very fast (2 sounds) Reverse crab (3 sounds) I ...