On 20 Jul 2005 at 4:00, John Bell wrote: > On 20 Jul 2005, at 03:05, Raymond Horton wrote: > > > I know a percussionist who talks about "keeping his chops in shape." > > Maybe for playing the musical saw.
The first time I encountered the term "chops" was at a summer band camp when I was 17. One of the other snare drummers described another of the snare drummers as having better chops than any of the rest of us. Maybe since 1978 things have changed, but I doubt it. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
