turntablism
Noun
Meaning
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turntablism (usually uncountable, plural turntablisms)
(music) The art of using one or more turntables and mixers to create an original musical piece.
Examples
Hip hop DJs began using the Technics SL-1200s as musical instruments to manipulate records with turntablism techniques such as scratching and beat juggling rather than merely mixing records.
Timecode Special vinyl records (or CDs/digital files played with CDJs ) can be used with DJ software to play digital music files with DJ software as if they were pressed onto vinyl, allowing turntablism techniques to be used with digital files.
Once equipped, he then began to learn turntablism and rapping.
There are also many competitions for DJs that specialize in different turntablism techniques, such as mixing, hip hop music -style " scratching " or other kinds of techniques.