Left or right hand on the crossfader when scratching?

Today we explore my method in choosing which hand goes on the crossfader and which hand goes on the platter/jogwheel.
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[@donnycollins1797]

I've been a piano play 35 years now. My dominant hand is right hand. For moving the platters on my Rane One, I'm comfortable left or right. I figured I should be doing dominant hand on the platter. Left hand on the crossfader has felt really awkward, but that's what I've been doing. After seeing this video, and after three mintes of my dominant hand on the crossfader, it feels 100% better. This is really, really important and I'm SO glad I found this.

[@josepinedahtxrealtor404]

I naturally went dominant hand on the crossfader. I always though the opposite. Great vid

[@DJJANDJ1]

Me too, dominant hand on crossfader 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@Amaterasu333x]

First of all, I apologize for my English; it's not my first language. One day, I realized that scratching can be compared to playing the guitar. Being right-handed, I draw parallels between strumming with the right hand on the guitar and manipulating the fader. This hand allows the sound to emerge, much like playing the guitar where the same hand creates the sound. On the other hand, the left hand on the jogwheel is comparable to the hand that selects the melody to be produced. Similar to playing the guitar, this hand determines which melody will be heard. As someone who plays the guitar, this analogy has helped me understand scratching better. I hope this visualization assists others in identifying the hand they are most comfortable with when starting to scratch. MUCH LOVE

[@djsly_ke]

Very true, my most advanced scratches come out when dominant hand is on cross fader. Thanks for the 2 month challenge 😊😊

[@vjwiz]

thanks for the tutorial.. watching all the way in Jamaica... just figuring out this scratching thing... my dominant hand is on my fader.. and i can do some crazy transforms... dwl.. for my little tries.... however my left hand needs a lot of work... (i honestly feel my left hand jogwheel.. right hand (dominant on the fader) works for me and is impressive.. but i realize that my right hand jogwheel (dominant) with left hand fader.. just scratches different.. and wish I could do the same type of transformations i can when on the left jog wheel....

[@vicvondark]

Dominant hand on cross fader all the time

[@presise]

I’m left handed and learn to scratch with my left hand on the platter. Scratching the other way feels uncoordinated. I admit, I haven’t applied too much time on my right but after seeing this video I will try it. Thank you! Maybe I’ll finally learn the crab scratch. lol.

[@sumandiwardani6074]

Well this kind of question has just popped up in my head yesterday..

[@xxxjoeflores68]

I think it depends on what kind of scratch you are performing. But i was dominant hand on record all the time, when i switched i found i was better using left hand. Since it doesn't feel natural you are more precise in each step.

[@superdanpl]

Wow. I've just started learning how to scratch this week on my controller and I am right handed so I've been using my right hand on jog and left hand on CF. I could barely manage a baby scratch and would quickly lose rhythm, it felt completely unnatural with no control. I switched hands and BAM. Instantly it feels more natural and i can do a decent baby, chirp, forward and even transformer scratch all of which seemed impossible at first Best piece of advice ever thanks Pri yon Joni, absolute game changer.

[@Sudario1008]

Great video! Had a lot of time to practice some scratching during quarantine last year and found out that strong hand on the fader was key.

[@jasong.3985]

Great vid as always. I will try it that way. Thank you so much bro!

[@djbis]

Great video. I so wish I would have had the internet and this short but extremely important bit of advice when I started. Once you get used to scratching the "wrong way", it is so difficult to make adjustments. Your muscle memory is just cemented in place and slows you down at every turn.

[@bradleyjame9221]

You're right 100% about that!!!

[@djlance9600]

Thank u so much, i will practice with my dominant hand on the crossfader then. 🙏🏼

[@da_q_man0131]

I'm a beginner and I prefer to use my dominant (right hand) on the crossfader. To me it makes sense to do it that way

[@Kylereeves13]

I've been thinking about this concept a lot recently. I've been putting my right (dominant) hand on the jog.

[@josenas3739]

I love this episode 🔥

[@djbeaubrisbane9239]

Awesome bro thank you for this vid 🙌🏽

[@MrCorykjr]

I had the same experience with my teacher Mrs. Salazar. She forced me to write with my right hand. Crazy world!

[@djkellykel3383]

Thank you for this tutorial bro. Being left-handed, I originally scratched on the left side. I found it to feel very awkward, and now I'm getting used to using my left hand on the crossfader. Appreciate your videos and expertise. #Salute

[@5100yes]

Finally i got the answer! Thanks

[@djyomperry]

Wow thank you for this tutorial,I observe that anytime I am scratching although I am a beginner

[@MR-ui5yi]

Thank you so much bro I appreciate this

[@masterchannel5295]

The Most important part is to practice Daily on both Sides . Great Video

[@DJChrisOTM]

Going to try.

[@BuddyBakhuijsen]

OMG, this is exactly the problem I have. Can't seem to make any progression with my non-dominant hand on the crossfader. Will try your approach for sure! Thanks for the usefull insight!!

[@lustforlow-end6022]

I’m right handed but need to switch to my left for some scratches. I can only do chirps & flares with my left hand & I use my right for transforming & crabs. Love your videos by the way Pri yon 👍

[@barrywatts8501]

Cross fader is just switch on or off. Record hand so many diffrent pitches you can do. So makes sense to have better contral of record hand

[@soundsbykar]

very interesting, im right-handed and i gravitated towards my dominant right hand on the jogwheel and i would say im an intermediate scratcher. my left hand scratching is pretty weak in comparison, gonna practice it for 2 months and see what happens

[@juggiebonebrain3383]

Thank you for this. I sometimes wonder, even when I'm practicing

[@richarddavis6982]

Ikr

[@nereomac8111]

Thanks for all great video tutorials!

[@DJAUDIO1]

Dominant hand on the fader. When I was a teen, I was ambidextrous. I wish I could get that skillset back. I've been practicing a bit during my recovery and it's helped get my bad limbs moving. ❤🙏

[@Bricks56]

My dominant hand is on the crossfader from the start

[@reggied3417]

Your spot on I'm r handed started r hand on record when I put my right hand on the crossfaded started beasting lol always in practice tho

[@ramennissin2036]

Awesome bro good info stay safe and God bless

[@bigdaz7272]

Dominant hand on crossfader for sure. I struggle using my off Hand to move the Jogs really fast with scribbles, double tears ect but i sure as shit can't use my off hand on the crossfader when doing Intermediate scratch combinations that require a lot of clicks lol, i have to concentrate so hard to try and pull it off it literally causes me pain in my hand through tension :( I had to try and use my off hand a few weeks ago as my fader goofed and was bleeding on the side i normally use, was cramping up after

[@johnkennethsantos1535]

Dominant on platter

[@ericarmstrong8561]

Yes, my dominant hand is right yet I am better(for now) with my right hand on the crossfader. I am practicing however tho. My tendency is to scratch with my left hand. I transform and everything better with my dominant hand (right)on the crossfader....

[@noramoss]

I'm gonna try it.. I'm right handed and the crossfader is like kryptonite to my dom hand, but I can do semi advanced scratches with my dom on the jogwheel. When I first tried djing in the early 90s, I put my mixxer on the left hand side and both 1200s on the right hand side. Side by side and it worked well for me. I didn't want to keep buying records so I gave it up.

[@DjKRuZe81]

I'm exactly the same but right handed. I prefer right hand on the cross fader as I can get better control. On the other side with left hand on the fader I can only do very basic scratches

[@aaronmurphy6903]

I've been a right handed guitar player for 10 years so I found naturally my dominant hand was better on the jog wheel as it was used to strumming and tight ryhtms from guitar and then for my left thanks to my guitar playing be better with the crossfader and any triplet moves with my fingers as they had way more independence because of scales etc. Do for me being right handed I like using my left hand on the crossfader

[@djcharlybax]

big thank's for this big up

[@heartgalgao4238]

i think this tells us that dominant hand on crossfader is the most important thing to do than holding the plater.. thank bro..

[@cjactive1]

Thanks bro...

[@ignitore]

In my experience It's way easier to train the non dominant hand on the platter rather than on the fader

[@djryezy4850]

I also prefer my dominant R hand on the CFader while scratching with my L hand.

[@sirdrake6]

I’m a total scratch beginner, so I’m doing baby scratches with my left hand (dominant) on the jog wheel. Since I’m still new, I’ll try practicing with the dominant hand in the fader instead.

[@barrywatts8501]

Qbert right hand....D-styles right hand. Both are right handed. Best in the world!

[@alieujallow1920]

I am changing to your, opinion from to and also am a complete beginner to scratching

[@motownjackSr]

I tried dominant hand on jog at first for months and felt like i was making no progress when i switched it ......it just felt natural then i saw it like writing im right handed i can write with my left but not very fast or good with my right on the cross faster and sounds much better i still pratice the other way so i can at least not sound sick on the other side lol but its all a journey like the vid this is exactly how i felt.

[@alieujallow1920]

Can you Please Do a Begginer Scratch Tutorials (Break into Parts) 🔥🔥

[@Dj205]

Yey, im one of the 41% 😁🙏🏼💃

[@charbelyahchouchi2183]

for me actually i try to scratch both hands but for advanced pattern i train with my dominant hand on the crossfader but once i met angelo he told me to put the dominant on the platter and the other on the crossfader because as angelo said youu don't have to put tension on the crossfader and it has to be loose since then i have started to train with my dominant hand on the jogwheel!

[@SLIC3R2]

I always put my dominant right hand on the crossfader, i guess i thought that the crossfader needed faster movement so thats where i rested my hands knowing my left hand is slower

[@barrywatts8501]

On the record. Thats where your voice is. D-styles.

[@alieujallow1920]

I come to tell you that I see changes after 3 Days 💯

[@priyonjoni]

great to hear!

[@dogatech5763]

I would still call myself a beginner and have been giving equal practice to both sides, because I want to be able to scratch with both hands, but I'm definitely better with my dominant hand on the crossfader. Those fingers are just able to more quickly. My theory was that my right hand was simply more used to the speed from pressing buttons fast on a video game controller, but it could be something else.

[@priyonjoni]

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[@gilboogie]

Dominant hand on the platter. That’s probably why I suck. Lol

[@djgutta713]

my off hand aint worth shit so i definitely need to work on that right hand on the crossfader and left on the jogwheel

[@Mattiimateo]

I don’t know if you made these type videos but have you done a series on learning to scratch for beginners specifically on CDJ’s or tips for learning to scratch using CDJ’s as oppose to turntables. Thanks in advance and I hope you see this message 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💯🥇

[@priyonjoni]

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[@bryanperera691]

I prefer practicing both hands.

[@zenepow]

I'm right handed person and I scratch with my left hand on the jog wheel I've been playing bass guitar over ten years and it just naturally build my right to be better on the crossfader, yeah y'all know how people play bass guitar I'm not disagree with PJ but it just not working for me to put my dominant hand on the jog wheel, I've been trying to scratch using my right hand but yeah still not working Buy very nice info PJ 🤜🤛

[@clarissaglover8568]

Inspired coming female dj

[@TheKingKutzIsBack]

Ive been noticing and avtually you do left on the crossfader, and right on the platter

[@thehouserocker]

My scratch arsenal is all over the place, some I do better with my dominant hand on the fader and vice versa, still can't crab to save my life no matter which way I face!

[@Mattiimateo]

Is your dominate had the one your better with on the CDJ PLATTER OR THR FADER. Trying to understand what this means when this phrase is used

[@barrywatts8501]

Lol yeah i just cant crab ether

[@thedjnamedves]

When I started out with DJing my dominant hand (right) was on the platter for basic scratches. The last 12 months I noticed I'm more comfortable with my dominant hand on the crossfader. As I'm picking things up again. I keep seeing videos of people saying the dominate hand needs to be on the platter because it gives you better control over movements, especially slow precise ones or highly advanced. So I felt guilty with the dominant hand on platter combo.

[@pf7618]

🔥💙🙏

[@wirelessg2010]

I want to ask this question. I am right handed. Will I ever be able to to use my left hand for the crossfaded or for cutting on the platter with practice???

[@mattcochran]

4:33

[@user-gz4mv8mh2r]

I,m an odd one also. I write left handed , bat in cricket right handed, bowl right handed but use my knife and fork left handed. Not sure whet that makes me. Play guitar badly right handed though. What should I do ?

[@jasonm.9776]

Haven’t read the other comments but my question is if you use your dominant hand on the cross fader like you and I both do, then do you just train your opposite hand for the cross fader when scratching on the other deck? I’ve seen djs cross their arms to accomplish this but it seems awkward to me. I’ve even seen some DJs put both decks next to each other with the mixer on the side instead of the middle.

[@priyonjoni]

Once you get acclimated to scratching this way, you can train the other hand to do some scratches. As demonstrated in the video, I am able to do joe Cooley techniques with my weak hand on the crossfader.

[@NexuJin]

I remember watching one of your stream where you were practicing new scratching skill. One where you started at low bpm (80 or so) and gradually up the bmp. During that I noticed a lot of the difficult work goes mostly into the crossfader. So I started practicing instinctively with my dominant hand on the crossfader as that apparently need much more control than the hand on the platter. I'm gonna try to practice everyday especially after watching your demo with the AI pro on the CDJ3000 got me really inspired to learn how to scratch better. I always had a preconceived notion that scratching was only for hiphop music. But you showed me that it can work with EDM with amazing results! Which scratching skills would you recommend to start practicing with for a newbie (beside the transformer) that are useful for EDM music?

[@snip_king428]

Left, I shoot pool 🎱, dribble, and scratch, everything else is right. Weird.

[@tomlebree3375]

The other one. It'll feel like someone else is doing it.