double-stop

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verb

to play on two stopped strings of a stringed instrument simultaneously.

Divisi in the orchestra greatly reduces the need for double-stopping, per se, in this form of string playing.

Some Greek musicians have used open tunings on the violin and double-stopped the strings to produce a drone.

noun

a chord or combination composed of two notes played on separate strings simultaneously.

There has been some question concerning whether the downbeat of m. 19 should be a triple-stop with the open D string as the bottom note or a double-stop with the open A string as the bottom note.

You can play a double-stop on adjacent strings or on nonadjacent strings (by skipping strings).

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ADJ.

adjacent, open

VERB + DOUBLE-STOP

note, play

PREP.

on, with

ADV.

instead

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Divisi in the orchestra greatly reduces the need for double-stopping, per se, in this form of string playing.

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Some Greek musicians have used open tunings on the violin and double-stopped the strings to produce a drone.

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The whole movement gives the soloist an opportunity for hair-raising virtuosity, from rapid arpeggios and spectral harmonics to languid parallel sixths, double-stopped trills and, in the trio, a strat

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There has been some question concerning whether the downbeat of m. 19 should be a triple-stop with the open D string as the bottom note or a double-stop with the open A string as the bottom note.

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You can play a double-stop on adjacent strings or on nonadjacent strings (by skipping strings).

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If you're a beginner player, you can always choose not to play a double-stop and instead play just the top note.

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