The chop arrived on the music scene about 50 years ago, and slowly, the odd little noise took the fiddle-playing world by storm. How 'The Chop' Changed Fiddle Playing Forever The violin can make a ...

Darol Anger grips his bow loosely, wrist bent, and smacks it against the strings of his fiddle. The resulting sound, a small crunch, is like the crackle of a very tiny drum. “You can get some nice ...