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chop · risk2013-chop
- Citation
- risk2013-chop
- Claim ID
- chop
- Assertion
- Bluegrass mandolin players commonly accompany with muted, percussive backbeat hits, and bluegrass fiddlers developed a simple offbeat "chop" imitating them. In 1966 the bluegrass fiddler Richard Greene invented a more elaborate percussive bowing technique, now known as the chop, which later spread to traditional fiddling styles across the North Atlantic, jazz, progressive bluegrass (newgrass), popular styles and classical string pedagogy.
- Quote
In 1966, bluegrass fiddler Richard Greene invented a percussive string instrument technique that he dubbed “the chunky chop” ... this technique is currently used by violinists, violists, and cellists in numerous musical genres, including traditional fiddling styles of the British Isles, Canada, Scandinavia, Spain, and the United States; jazz; progressive bluegrass, or newgrass; popular styles; and classical string pedagogy. ... the particular form of chopping I am tracing developed from a simpler offbeat, percussive technique by which a fiddler would imitate the muted backbeat hits commonly used by bluegrass mandolin players for accompaniment.
- Quote language
- en
- Locator
- page: 428-429
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