Richard Greene Teaches His Invention 'The Chop'-Part 1 of 2

Here is Part 1 of my teaching a violin technique which I invented in 1965 and perfected during my 1966 tenure as one of Bill Monroe's Blugrass Boys. I call it 'The Chunky Chop' and this rhythmic harmonic device can now be found throughout most of modern fiddling and is simply referred to as 'the chop' or 'chopping'. This video is an excerpt of a workshop I gave on 3/11/06 at The Metzler Violin shop in Glendale, California. (Video shot by Chris Vitas from San Diego.)

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• Richard Greene
• bluegrass
• Fiddle
• Violin
• Teaching Fiddle
• Fiddle Technique
• chop
• rhythm
• rhythm fiddle

[grrrr17]

i don't think you invented it?

i mean, who can lay claim to a technique, that they invented it?

[221Dw]

Ouch

[jehovahuponyou]

ANOTHER HOMELESS GUY MAKES A SUCCESS OF PULLING THE WOOL OVER THE EYES OF THE STUPIDLY RICH, I AM PROUD OF YOU BRAW! MAN I LOVE AMUREEKA!

[StephaneGrappelli]

What a great teacher!!!

[jazzmessenger123]

Hey, fiddlethis! A Richard Greene-influenced jazz fiddle solo at about 4:35 of the St. Francis Jazz Messenger's video by clicking on the blue jazzmessenger123 link to the left below.

Sorry no chunky chop but thanks for the inspiration, Richard! --> Edek

[duanepictures]

love it!!!!