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Club DJ turntable techniques include beatmatching, phrasing, and slip-cueing to preserve energy on a dancefloor.

Turntablism embodies the art of cutting, beat juggling, scratching, needle drops, phase shifting, back spinning, and more to perform the transitions and overdubs of samples in a more creative manner ( although turntablism is often considered a use of the turntable as a musical instrument rather than a tool for blending recorded music ).

Professional DJs may use harmonic mixing to choose songs that are in compatible musical keys.