Glossary of DJ Terms

• Ableton Live Software that many DJs use to produce their music, also can be used to for live situations.
• A Cappella: a track with only the vocal part of a song. Possible backup vocal parts as well.
• Bass: general term for a low range of frequencies, normally between 0 - 250Hz.
• Dance: 1) a genre of popular music that is normally played at clubs. Upbeat normally between 115 and 140 bpm 2) to get groovy
• Deadmau5 A electro/rave/house DJ who has become popular in the US and Europe recently
• Denon Company that produces audio and DJ equipment
• DJ Tiesto Probably the most famous DJ in the world. Extremely popular in Europe.
• Frequency: the pitch of a sound, how high or low it is.
• Girl Talk An artist who creates mash-ups of many different types of music and is known for
• his crazy live shows. Most popular mash-up artist.
• Hip-Hop Genre of music that is slower (60-100bpm). Often contains samples from other songs and is characterized by a common beat with rapping overtop
• House Subgenre of the dance genre. Contains a lot of sampled percussion, melody and force of the song is normally contained in the bassline.
• Mash-up A mix containing the A Cappella track from one song and an instrumental from another. Many variations of this arise and the mash-up is not always just two parts.
• Pioneer Company that produces audio and DJ equipment
• Serrato Software used by DJs that helps to sync songs to a tempo. It can work in tandem with decks and will also hold your music collection
• Track: 1) a song 2) one part of a song such as the drum track or bass track.
• Traktor Software used by DJs that helps to sync songs to a tempo. It can work in tandem with decks and will also hold your music collection