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Kevin -



Do you play "chop" style rhythm or chugging?



I find that you can make a loud "chop" on the draw chord that sounds
very much like a mandolin chop. The blow chord not so much...sounds kind
of wimpy. I sometimes play harmonica chops for a verse or so... of
course I'm just chopping on the I chord so it could get monotonous if
you did it too long. Playing chops on multiple harps is a possibility.



Bill in DC



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Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:35 pm

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Kevin - Do you play "chop" style rhythm or chugging? I find that you can make a loud "chop" on the draw chord that sounds very much like a mandolin chop. The...
THOMPSON, BILL
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bill sounds good.?? I have been there. Joyce ... From: THOMPSON, BILL <bthompson@...> To: bluegrassharp@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, Jul 13, 2009 9:35 am ...
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jettingoff
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Jul 13, 2009
2:31 pm

... yep, I have been doing that for years.. holding 2 or 3 harps,, so I can do 3 or more draw chords' I do it in bluegrass of course,, but also in Reggae,, I...
Paul Lee
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Jul 14, 2009
7:09 pm

what would you suggest if you play with a mandolin player? duplicate the chops... or more resonant lines like a fiddle might do? ... Kevin - Do you play...
James Sterett
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Jul 15, 2009
2:48 pm

I say, all of the above...sometimes I imitate a fiddle, other times I chop..whatever feels right....
Kevin McNamara
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Jul 17, 2009
12:20 pm

that's kind of the approach I take now... sometimes I catch myself thinking about it too much though. ... I say, all of the above...sometimes I imitate a...
James Sterett
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Jul 21, 2009
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