Chopping (sampling technique)

In dance or hip hop music sampling, chopping is the "altering a sampled phrase by dividing it into smaller segments and reconfiguring them in a different order." (Schloss 2004, p. 106)

Sources

Schloss, Joseph G. (2004). Making Beats: The Art of Sample-Based Hip Hop. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 0-8195-6696-9.

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