OK, thanks for the feedback so far...
Here's what I don't really understand about scratching regular style: chirps and forward/backwards seem to be very natural when they are performed regular style. But, what happens when you want to start twiddling and crabbing for flares? Doesn't it make more sense to have your fingers CLOSING the fader? After all, it seems like this is what most people are describing in the tutorials for twiddling / crabbing.
I find it very difficult to do flares regular style because my thumb is closing the fader, thus I'm not getting the second sound from the record on the "turnaround". Same thing with fast twiddling...your thumb is passively closing the fader so it would take some pretty good coordination to release your thumb in time to leave the fader open for certain parts of a scratch (eg. Flare).
Am I off base here? How do you guys do your Flares?
Flares are hard to do either way. It took me almost a year to get them down and perfected. I'll give you my secret for flaring hamster style. If you can already crab or even half ass crab hamster style you should be able to get the 2 click flares down hamster style by using 2 fingers. Your middle and index fingers.Use the same technique you would use if you were trying to crab except that instead of using all 4 fingers you use only the middle and index fingers to snap the fader on and off against your thumb while moving the record almost in the same manner as if you were crabbing. It's gonna feel wierd at first and you probably won't be able to do it very fast but constant practice will improve your speed and accuracy. Depending how often you practice, your fingers and forearm may even get soar the first few times you practice it. It gets easier as you get used to the movements but constant practice is required. Good luck.
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