Haha... I didn't realise that they would roll into each other!

The cello-like thing is a Viola dámore which I wrote about here: https://steemit.com/classical-music/@bengy/introducing-the-viola-d-amore

7 playing strings/7 resonant strings... a soft gamba-like sound due to it's shared heritage... a right pain in the arse to play... but I love it!

Contemporary piece... I think that was a few excerpts where I was trying to sound like a frog for a piece that I played. Often, people will just play the notes... and it won't sound like frog at all... I go for the full "no shame" approach... and try really hard to make the violin "croak"!

https://steemit.com/ifc/@bengy/how-to-make-a-violin-sound-like-a-frog-ifc-s02r05