Yep. Chop sounds really cool. My former instructor does it really nice. 

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Yes he did. It was very cool. We were goofing around and he tried to get me to do one. He threw his triple into a song we were doing. Kind of blew my mind. I stopped and said, "What the heck did you do?" He showed me. I was always too heavy on the bow. I have major frog issues. My frogs techniques always croak! There were a couple songs we were doing before he showed me that chop and triple chop, that had frog techniques. I got one of them once in a while, but not the other two. I think the one was in a Bach piece. I wish I could remember what they were so that I could give them a shot again. Oh well, I have enough to learn.

When he did the chop, he decided to show me how there is more to cello than what I was thinking, as far as what can be played on it. It was neat. I also think it was because it was frog work, which is my nemesis. It didn't really go with that song, whatever it was, because I play slowly, but even if I was doing a fast one, I kind of think that I would have noticed he did that. It was a fun lesson.

He really does play some crazy cello, along with what you would expect. The store owner told me I would be very surprised when he signed me up for the lessons. There were just a few other neat things he threw in here and there to just make me aware of possibilities. I can't remember how to do them, but it was neat hearing and seeing someone do them. It wasn't to teach me them, just to make me aware. I have enough trouble with normal bowing. He did some kind of a plucking and bowing together one time. It looked and sounded like he was doing it at the same time, but I am not positive. Not sure how that would be done. I just watched and listened. Those times were just little few minute breaks in a lesson once in a while, again for interest. 

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