In
dance or
hip hop musicsampling, chopping is the "altering [of] a sampled
phrase [or
break] 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.
ISBN0-8195-6696-9.