This article features a video of Short-e teaching you how to do the Baby scratch. The beat is also included as a mp3 download that you can loop up to practice to.
Do not be fooled by the name, the baby scratch is the easiest scratch to learn and the hardest to master. Mastering the baby scratch will lay a strong foundation for the other scratches coming up in the future especially the chirp.
This tutorial is aimed more for the beginner just starting out but we hope you seasoned pro scratchers enjoy the beat and QnA at the end.
A “simple” moving back and forth of the record with no cross fader movement, so this is a one handed scratch. Whilst this is easy in that you can start making a sound that sounds pretty good, the real challenge is in the control of your hand to move the record, or what we call “record control”. This is something that you can only develop with practice. Get your babies DOWN!
Once you have the basics down, experiment with timings and swing.
You also get to download this beat, taken from the #8546 taken from the 85 BPM Hip Hop Instrumental Beats series.
If you are a beginner, post a video response and I will critique it and advise you.
Happy Scratching! 😀
Short-E
Hi, Short-e,
thanks for the tutorials your website has helped in so many ways, your vids are intuitive, many thanks just wanted to say this is one of the best sites on scratching, many many thanks from me,
a great inspiration for many persons wanting to take up this art…..Thanks
Hey mo. No worries. Thanks for being part of the site! Appreciate you taking the time to comment!
Short-e,
This is just what I am looking for !!! Your videos are very helpful. Thank you for taking the time and helping us newbies out !!
DJB
you got it thanks for watching!
Hi Short-E
Your website and tutorials are so amazing and helpful!Much appreciated 🙂
Im a very newbie so I wonder that where I can find vocal sample to scratch like tutorial behind?Can you help me,please!
Hey Jin, glad that you found the site and that the content is helping you! You can get special scratch records like “Super Seal” on the thudrumble website or if you use serato you can get digital scratch records from the studio scratches store:
http://studioscratches.bandcamp.com/album/digital-skipless-scratch-record-27
http://studioscratches.bandcamp.com/album/digital-skipless-scratch-record-28
Hope that helps!
Happy Scratching!
hi short-E i’m italian.. only one think: thank you.. you saved me with theese tutorials 🙂
I like the simplicity of your tutorials. thumbs up to you. thanks
Thanks Mark! Really glad you like them! Happy Scratching! 😀
as of now, I am using a controller, so far I can follow your simple instructions. I am moving to a dvs in a few months as I am planning to buy a dj tech dif1s and a turntable. 🙂 post more combos!
That’s really cool. Vinyl feels a lot more authentic.
I started a DJ blog almost a month ago now and came across this tutorial. I absolutely love it and had already written my post about the baby scratch. I was wondering if I could put your youtube video in the blog and give you credit? This is what the blog looks like. It’s called The Sounds of The Underground http://wp.me/p5Z7BF-o
Sure thing! This video is kinda old and I recommend people check out http://schoolofscratch.com/baby-scratch/ also. I’d appreciate a link to this site and http://www.schoolofscratch.com when sharing. Thanks so much and good luck with your blog!