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I've been reading that this combo is pretty good to learn and get down well as it helps with other scratches, I've been practicing it but I'm not sure if I'm doing it correctly or even if there is a correct way as in you can do what you like, also are the two different scratches (chirp/forward) supposed to be separated or done in one motion? You can sort of go into a forward from the chirp by doing half a chirp, sorry if this is a silly question but just wanted some pointers on where to go with it. Cheers

After a days break from the decks I went on them and for some reason just started doing a chirpflare in reverse, after a while I managed to get it down pretty sweet so tried the mini autobahn which I'm still working on but making progress, I felt like I achieved something after doing that instead of spending a few hours freestyling and feeling like it's going no where, just wanted to know if you guys work on your scratches in reverse or is it not that important?

Sweet thanks eric I'll check them out :-)

I know I sold my 1000 earlier this year but I just had the feeling to make some beats after listening to only built for cuban linkx so I bought the 500 I know it's not as highly thought of but I can take it to work and get to grips with it in my breaks :-)

Yeh that would be great, I had a search too but none of the links work, I think I found an online one but I didn't really get it, Thanks kut class I have followed her vids but never really did the q and a thing but I think I'll be using them a lot more now to try and help me push on :-)

Thanks boss, it's hard going sometimes but like you said this forum is great if you need to talk to scratch heads :-), I just got an mpc too atm so im trying to give both a fair amount of time to practice on lol but sometimes it's hard to find time with standard day to day things you gotta do like.. Work! lol

That's good then lol I was also trying it without a slight forward sound but it didn't flow as well, I'll stick with it then I saw vekked doing it on one of his recent youtube vids but I've never really found a tutorial on it, thanks for your help pete!

Nice thanks for your help guys in going to spend some time developing it more, I just don't understand the tear version.... Where you snap your knuckles should you be getting just two distinct backward sounds got the reverse tear or at the point where you snap your knuckles do you get like a slight forward sound as well caused by the snap where your snapping then releasing to get the two separate tear sounds? Sorry again if I'm not explaining it right lol

Do you have any tips or advice on the bumpy knuckles technique? I'm trying to work on that but can't find any good explication on it really, when you create the tear type sound by flexing your hand are you supposed to have just the backwards sound or forward? Which ever way your doing it, or does it create like a mini baby scratch, sorry if I confused you I might even be thinking of a different scratch lol

This looks really nice and I've never seen anything like it or heard about it, definitely help people improve there scratching too, it seems a pretty unique tool shame it didn't take off can't understand why it wouldn't :-)

Lol that's a pretty random character! I've tried practicing with these vids today, it's weird how on the spot it puts me, it's pretty hard thinking up a new pattern for every bar or so but I can see how it'll pysh me that bit futher with some practice :-), think that football head is my favourite tho

I know what you mean I'd love to have a practice with someone coz I've only ever done it on my own, learning I person wild be alot better as you could ask about the different scratches, ive tried to get my mate into it but I think its an acquired love coz after a few hours of doing baby's he had enough lol I realised tho that I am actually learning something seeing him struggle with the baby scratch lol, that tac tac mans videos are prett good as he breaks it down a lot

Thanks steve I see where your coming from, sometimes when I practice I worry too much about what I think I should be doing and sometimes just go around in circles not really getting anywhere, I think I should send some time and scratches I can do and maybe even them differently which I have done with some scratches but if I have a break through I tend to kill it before its already begun coz I keep doing it till I get sick of hearing it, Yeh chile I saw that on fb and it really makes a lot of sence, it's a good way of looking at it, I also liked your vid of rodney mullen I think he talks a lot of sense, have you checked out bones brigade? got some good interviews with him on it, Cheers I'll just keep at it in going to focus on the simple things for a week or so see where it gets me.

Nice thanks boss that would be good :-), what would be a good starting point to start working on making my scratches less straight? I guess it's just practice really

i agree i know i need to add something to my scratching but it isn't coming to me just yet lol, like you said i need to add something else to it, ill look forward to a video like that because theres not much in the way of talking about or how to create or string scratches together, its not something i think you can teach its got to come from yourself but a push in the right direction would be good. i learnt the autobahn the other week which was good but even that's gone stale now