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 | Hong Kong
- →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
In our students' words.
“I wanted to thank you once again for the great night yesterday! Thank you for the unbelievable chance to play in such a good and big place as Exchange Club and for the chance to feel amazing emotions Djing! I hope you liked it and were glad about my set. I appreciate your help and support during the night! I had really good time! Your school and particularly Dj class are fantastic!”
Eugene Kirillov
Instructors
Before you enrol.
The Turntablism DJ Course runs 36 hours. Tuition at Garnish Hongkong: 36 Hours - In-Person: $23,400.
Yes. The Turntablism DJ Course can be taught one-to-one, in person in Hongkong or online, built around your own projects - ask admissions about private instruction.
DJ Dynamix, three-time Red Bull Thre3style champion.
No. It is a split-level course - established DJs sharpening their sets alongside beginners starting from the first scratch.
To scratch to any genre, beat juggle, and use the latest technology under your hands.
Not as a group class - DJing is learned hands-on at the decks, so our DJ classes are taught in person. Online, we teach DJing one-to-one: ask admissions about private instruction.
36 Hours | In-Person: $23,400
Ready when you are.
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