Chanking
Chanking is a guitar performance technique in funk music that involves both "choking" the guitar neck and strumming the strings percussively to create a distinctive-sounding riff commonly associated with the genre. The technique was popularized by the music of James Brown, later spreading to other genres and performers. The name "chanking" is a portmanteau of the words "choking" and "yanking", referring to the procedure involved in the technique.
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Chanking
Chanking is a guitar performance technique in funk music that involves both "choking" the guitar neck and strumming the strings percussively to create a distinctive-sounding riff commonly associated with the genre. The technique was popularized by the music of James Brown, later spreading to other genres and performers. The name "chanking" is a portmanteau of the words "choking" and "yanking", referring to the procedure involved in the technique.
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