Inverted Repeat Juggle Sequences
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Channel: Rob Swift · 2017 · Music
#InvertedRepeatJuggleSequences
There are 3 different ways a "Beat Juggle" can be executed on turntables.
First would be what Jonathan Cruz aka DJ Shortkut calls a "Strobe Pattern" (also known as "Chase Patterns") in which the sound you produce is linear. The goal here is to move forward - into the song/beat you're manipulating. "Strobes" start at point A and end at point Z.
{L-R} {L-R} {L-R} {L-R} {L-R} {L-R} {L-R} {L-R} {L-R} {L-R}
The second style I refer to as "360 Juggle Patterns". Steve Dee's "Snare Pattern" is a great example of this. For the #SnarePattern to work, it must loop back to the same start point of your first move. A "Snare Pattern" that starts on the left turntable perpetually launches itself on that same left turntable. There's no other way the pattern can be applied.
(L-R-R-L) (L-R-R-L) (L-R-R-L) (L-R-R-L) (L-R-R-L) (L-R-R-L)
But the most difficult of all 3 varieties of "Juggling" which exist are "Inverted Repeat Juggle Sequences". I mean, the evidence in their difficulty lies in the name alone. In order to land these templates of movement correctly, a #BeatJuggler must successfully alternate the start point of the drum sequence between left and right turntables. Unlike "360 Juggle Patterns", the drum sequence in an I.R.J.S. finish on the same turntable they're fired from. Thus, requiring you to physically swap the take off point to the opposite turntable. In Hip Hop terms, you keep flippin' the shit out of the pattern.
[R-L-R] [L-R-L] [R-L-R] [L-R-L] [R-L-R] [L-R-L] [R-L-R] [L-R-L]
Otherwise, the #Juggle is incomplete.
I demonstrate #InvertedRepeatJuggleSequences in the accompanying video using Cerrone's "Rock It In The Pocket" as the model drum progression to follow.
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