CHOPS ?

[TommyK]

Help newby here:

What exactly is meant by 'Chop'? Is it a technique or a sound effect? What is it?

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[keymandoguy]

It is a chord that is played with a strike like that of choping with an ax using no sustain muted as soon as it is struck. You do this by muffling with the fret fingers so it makes a choping sound http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[Scott Tichenor]

Chop chord defined (http://www.mandolincafe.com/archives/faq.html#chopchord).

[TommyK]

I guess theres a whole lot to this Mandocafe site that I still need to browse.
Thanks Scott!

[Emmiemando]

It's basically muting all the strings when playing a chord and strummming down swiftly. Thus making a "chop" sound.

[Adare_Steve]

Isn't this technique also known as 'damping' - or is that something else?

Steve