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The art of chopping (2021)

Pablo Rodriguez Gonzalez
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Traditionally, the violin is seen as a melodic solo instrument and on rare occasions it assumes rhythm and harmony as a principal function, as in the case of, for example, a second violin in a string quartet or an orchestra. When I started to play the guitar eight years ago, it fuelled my interest into how I could possibly translate the feeling of being a guitarist or percussionist into that of a fiddle player. Immediately after this I discovered Turtle Island String Quartet, a classical string ensemble specializing in modern styles such as jazz, rock and funk. In their performances they made use of advanced percussive bow techniques, commonly called “chopping” or “chop”. Upon starting my master studies, my main teacher, Christiaan Van Hemert advised me to check fiddler Casey Driessen (1978, Owatonna, Minnesota, United States). He is an American bluegrass fiddler and singer who has performed with many well-known artists such as Béla Fleck, Abigail Washburn, Steve Earle, Tim O'Brien and Darol Anger. His use of advanced percussive bow techniques (chop) was outstanding. It made me realize that it was possible to use the violin as a groove-rhythm instrument. ARTISTIC RESEARCH QUESTION How could I expand my knowledge and use of percussive-bowing techniques used by fiddler Casey Driessen through the analysis of his music, and the translation of vocabulary from the flamenco cajón, so that I could incorporate them into my solo compositions and rhythmical improvisations?
typeresearch exposition
date07/12/2017
published01/03/2021
last modified01/03/2021
statuspublished
share statuspublic
affiliationCodarts, University of the Arts
copyright(c) Pablo Rodriguez Gonzalez
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urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/412175/412176
published inCodarts
portal issueCodarts Artistic Research Reports.
external linkwww.codarts.nl


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nameARP - The Art Of Chopping - Pablo Rodriguez
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name00 - 1st Reference Recording
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name01 - Casey Driessen - Interview examples
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name02 - Working in a Building- Casey Driessen - SYNC SCORE
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name03 - Tanuki Attack - Casey Driessen - SYNC SCORE
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name04 - EXERCISES - Basics - Cycle Slant
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name05 - EXERCISES - Basics - Triple chop
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name06 - EXERCISES - Kick drum & chop
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name07 - EXERCISES - Slide exercises
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name08 - EXERCISES - Casey Driessen fills & patterns from Tanuki Attack
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name09 - EXERCISES - Castillo de Castellar - Chop Variations
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name10 - 2nd Reference recording
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name11 - 1st Reference Recording
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name12 - Udo Demandt Interview - examples
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name13 - For Syria - Ruven Ruppik Cajon solo - SYNC SCORE
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name14 - Sonor demo - Ruven Ruppik Cajón solo - SYNC SCORE
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name15 - Exercises using displacement and rhythm glyphs
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name16 - Extended Exercises - Ruven Ruppik patterns and fills - For Syria
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name17 - Extended Exercises - Ruven Ruppik patterns and fills - Sonor Demo
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name18 - Artistic Outcome - Percussion Solo
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name19 Udo Demandt - full Interview
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name20 Casey Driessen - full interview
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name1st Intervention - Basics_Kick Drum
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name1st Intervention - Basics_Subdivision
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name1st Intervention - Basics_Triple Chop
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name1st Intervention - Castillo de Castellar - Variations
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name1st Intervention - Tanuki Attack exercises
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name2nd Intervention - Rhythm glyphs and chop - Partitura completa
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name2nd Intervention - Sonor cajon exercises
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name2nd Intervention - XSyria exercises
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nameTanuki Attack - full score
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nameWorking in a building - full score
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