Are turntables instruments?
Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating music using turntables and a DJ mixer.
John Oswald described the art: "A phonograph in the hands of a 'hiphop/scratch' artist who plays a record like an electronic washboard with a phonographic needle as a plectrum, produces sounds which are unique and not reproduced—the record player becomes a musical instrument."
Modern day turntablism is the closest hip hop music gets to art music.
Turntablism repertoire has written notation, creating a musical part or score for their compositions and pieces. Great examples are DJ Yoda & Heritage Orchestras Concerto, Martin Tetreaults musique concrete for turntables, Kid Koalas Your Moms Favorite DJ, eriKm and DJ Spookys Ice Music works.
Of course, the history of the turntable being used as a musical instrument though has its roots dating back to the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s when musique concrète and other experimental composers (such as John Cage, Halim El-Dabh, and Pierre Schaeffer), used them in a manner similar to that of today's producers and DJs, by essentially sampling and creating music that was entirely produced by the turntable. Cage's Imaginary Landscape No. 1 (1939) is composed for two variable speed turntables, frequency recordings, muted piano and cymbal. Even earlier, Edgard Varèse experimented with turntables in 1930, though he never formally produced any works using them.
This school of thought and practice is directly linked to the current definition of hlp hop-related turntablism, though it has had an influence on modern experimental sound artists and composers such as Christian Marclay, Kid Koala, Otomo Yoshihide, Philip Jeck, DJ QBert and Janek Schaefer. These artists are the direct descendants of people such as John Cage and Pierre Schaeffer and are often credited as a variant to the modern turntablist DJ and producer.
>>64034381
..............so yes?
>>64034336
No, Patrick, turntables are not an instrument.
>>64034392
Yes if turntablism / turntable music.
No if DJ'ing a party.
>>64034424
thank u for the answer bb :3
even tho if you just copy/paste it
https://vimeo.com/17100988
>>64034486
Half Wikipedia, half from rbt.asia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbFIGFv4GLQ
>>64034336
Absolutely not
>>64034336
ofc they are, next stupid question
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIFH4XHU228
>>64034670
>>64034684
WHO AM I SUPPOSE TO BELIEVE??????
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSl0xQp5xJM&nohtml5=False
>>64034711
All the videos ITT prove >>64034670 wrong.
>>64034670
>being this pleb
