There are three aspects of scratching. These are harmony, melody and rhythm. Harmony is a blending of the different pitches you reach within a solo. Harmony is important because it prevents your scratches from becoming monotonous. Melody is the sequence with which you scratch. As a scratcher you must be able to scratch what you think on the spot. Rhythm is what unites harmony and melody together over a beat. No matter how well you think you know the mechanics of a scratch you learned or "created