Steve Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Everyone does crab scratches starting from the little/pinky or ring finger to the index finger, but do you think it's possible to do them just as well starting from the index finger and going the other way? Are there any DJs that do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHouse Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 I have a hybrid approach. Somewhere along the way I learned this, prolly from TTNN: start with the index, then follow it up with the pinky, ring, middle and index again. You get 5 clicks compared to 4. The muscle memory was crazy quick to learn, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottie(the)goonie Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 That just seems counterintuitive. My pseudoscience: 1. The further your finger is from your thumb, the further it has to travel. 2. The further a finger has to travel, the more force it requires to keep the same click interval. 3. The ring finger is further than the middle. The middle is further than the index. Example: If you had a bounce a basketball 4 times quickly - you would tend towards bouncing a shorter distance than the previous bounce rather than towards a longer distance each successive bounce. - I crab in a weird way too. 3 finger crab + twiddle to get 5 sounds. Ring, Middle, Index, Middle, Index. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share Posted November 23, 2020 It feels totally unnatural for sure, and I think what you said makes sense Goonie. I was just wondering if it was possible to achieve decent results with practice. I swear I once saw a Canadian guy doing it in the DMC, but I can't remember his name and I can't find the video on YouTube. It would have been in the 90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Was it Lil Jazz? He was who stood out most from Canada.. That's one of the few scratches I can do well because that's what I thought was happening when I heard people flare so I practiced and practiced it. To me it feels more than unnatural... almost uncomfortable on the wrist. You almost have to rotate your hand as you do it or the fingers don't hit correctly. also seems like a really slow reload to do a second one. Doing it 3 fingers and leaving out the pinky feels best to me but still very weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 It was DJ Wax, but I was mistaken about him doing it. I found the video earlier. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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