chaypup Posted May 27, 2011 Posted May 27, 2011 So, what makes up your 'chops'? Is it just showing how versatile you are, how fast or just whether you've got a lot of hair on the sides of yer face?? Quote
Rayman Posted May 27, 2011 Posted May 27, 2011 The best chops are made of lamb and eaten with mint sauce. Quote
Bilbo Posted May 27, 2011 Posted May 27, 2011 Your abilities. I would interpret 'showing your chops' to mean evidencing your skills as a player. However, this can be done in many ways and ripping out double-thumbed 16th notes is not the only way. Some people show their chops with one perfect note. Because massive amounts of technique used indiscriminately is indicative of an immaturity that shows that further work on musicality is needed. And I hate chops. Pork or lamb. Quote
bubinga5 Posted May 27, 2011 Posted May 27, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Happy Jack' post='1247200' date='May 27 2011, 03:22 PM']Pork, lamb, I'm not fussy.[/quote] ha.. oh i f***in laughed then!! Edited May 27, 2011 by bubinga5 Quote
dc2009 Posted May 27, 2011 Posted May 27, 2011 Chops quite often, whether incorrectly or correctly, tend to be seen as the extremes of how you can play, not necessarily the fastest, but perhaps the most difficult in each style. I think a well-rounded player with good chops should be able to play a very fast piece well, if presented with it, but similarly, a very slow and flowing piece just as well. Quote
bubinga5 Posted May 27, 2011 Posted May 27, 2011 watch this.. these are chops.. the groove at 7.20 has got all the meat groups!! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ThwuJVcyoA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ThwuJVcyoA[/url] Quote
Low End Bee Posted May 27, 2011 Posted May 27, 2011 Is it something people do on their own in the wood shed? Quote
JTUK Posted May 27, 2011 Posted May 27, 2011 it is what you do... whether than registers with anyone else is another thing. Quote
lucky Posted May 27, 2011 Posted May 27, 2011 any skills that give someone the opportunity to say "that boy's got chops" Quote
Happy Jack Posted May 27, 2011 Posted May 27, 2011 [quote name='Johnston' post='1247267' date='May 27 2011, 04:04 PM']Back on topic. Lemmy has Chops [/quote] I think you'll find they're called "warts". Quote
bassace Posted May 27, 2011 Posted May 27, 2011 As one muso said of another, ' he's got good chops but I don't like his style'. Does that help to define it? Quote
Low End Bee Posted May 27, 2011 Posted May 27, 2011 [quote name='Happy Jack' post='1247353' date='May 27 2011, 05:18 PM']I think you'll find they're called "warts".[/quote] And bugger grips. Quote
Happy Jack Posted May 27, 2011 Posted May 27, 2011 [quote name='Low End Bee' post='1247394' date='May 27 2011, 05:56 PM']And bugger grips.[/quote] Ad, if you're planning on saying that to Lemmy, I really DO want to be there. With a camera. Quote
EssentialTension Posted May 27, 2011 Posted May 27, 2011 [quote name='Johnston' post='1247267' date='May 27 2011, 04:04 PM']Back on topic. Lemmy has Chops [/quote] But are those his own choppers? Quote
witterth Posted May 27, 2011 Posted May 27, 2011 "Is it the Pork or the lamb...? you've got to have a system" (Harry Hill says so) Quote
Panamonte Posted May 27, 2011 Posted May 27, 2011 [quote name='witterth' post='1247401' date='May 27 2011, 06:03 PM']"Is it the Pork or the lamb...? you've got to have a system" (Harry Hill says so)[/quote] I like the pork and I like the lamb, but which is best? Quote
skankdelvar Posted May 27, 2011 Posted May 27, 2011 The phrase "Chops" is exceeded in its ghastliness only by "Woodsheddin' " and "Dialing in my tone". That is all. Quote
chaypup Posted May 27, 2011 Author Posted May 27, 2011 [quote name='skankdelvar' post='1247460' date='May 27 2011, 06:41 PM']The phrase "Chops" is exceeded in its ghastliness only by "Woodsheddin' " and "Dialing in my tone". That is all.[/quote] So I can opt out of 'chopsness' on the grounds of taste? Excellent news! Quote
4000 Posted May 27, 2011 Posted May 27, 2011 [quote name='skankdelvar' post='1247460' date='May 27 2011, 06:41 PM']The phrase "Chops" is exceeded in its ghastliness only by "Woodsheddin' " and "Dialing in my tone". That is all.[/quote] After following countless posts full of wisdom and wit, I have come to the conclusion that you are Master Po. I, of course, am merely a grasshopper.... Quote
KiOgon Posted May 27, 2011 Posted May 27, 2011 [quote name='bubinga5' post='1247219' date='May 27 2011, 03:34 PM']watch this.. these are chops.. the groove at 7.20 has got all the meat groups!! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ThwuJVcyoA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ThwuJVcyoA[/url][/quote] All I know is - my fingers might have moved like that 30 or more years ago, but they sure as hell don't now Quote
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