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| 579.1 | how's this? | PNEUMA::WOODBURN | | Fri Apr 08 1988 15:04 | 10 |
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A double stop is basically a double-note lick used a lot in
rock and blues music. It's comprised of a double note slide
up or down the fret board that comes to a quick halt. Your
fingers covers two strings (typically the high E and B string)
and slide up or down a couple frets. If done
right, it can have a short "popping?" sound. Mark Knopfler
uses double stops extensively in songs like "Sultans of Swing".
Rob
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| 579.2 | just 2 at a time | SRFSUP::MORRIS | I make Sam Kinison look calm | Fri Apr 08 1988 15:33 | 8 |
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As far as I know a double-stop is simply two notes being played
at the same time. Violinists and Xylophonists also use the
terminology. Since you can't play a full chord on a violin or a
xylophone (with 2 mallets), it is an attempt at a 'harmonic' melody
line. On guitar it can make a bland melody sound fuller.
Ashley in smogland
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| 579.3 | Double or nothin' | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | MIDI DJ | Fri Apr 08 1988 17:40 | 6 |
| Chuck Berry does nothing BUT double-stops (ok, slight exageration, but
only "slight").
Listen to him for examples.
db
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| 579.4 | | TARKIN::TTESTA | Standin with a bootleg in your hand | Mon Apr 11 1988 10:31 | 3 |
| Thanks guys, I knew I could count on you for answers! I'm glad
I asked, I guess that proves once again the only dumb question is the one
that goes unasked.
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| 579.5 | A double stop is... | SPHINX::WEBER | | Mon May 02 1988 11:47 | 7 |
| None of the preceding answers is exactly right, except the comment
about Chuck Berry.
A double stop is two adjacent strings played simultaneously with
the same finger. "Stopping" is the correct term for depressing
a string, which is where this phrase comes from, so technically,
only string players can play double stops.
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| 579.6 | A guitar isn't... | BUSY::JMINVILLE | Dr. Benway | Mon May 02 1988 13:39 | 9 |
| RE: .5
Yeah, but a guitar isn't [technically] a string instrument, it's
a percussion instrument, because you have to strike the string(s)
with a pick. This classification starts to break down when you
contemplate infinite sustain, effects, etc. ;^)
Gee, is that what you meant anyway???
-- Joe.
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| 579.7 | He probably still uses his first pick | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | The height of MIDIocrity | Mon May 02 1988 14:44 | 6 |
| "It's a percussion instrument because you have to strike the string(s)
with a pick."
Someone forgot to tell Allan Holdsworth that!
db
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| 579.8 | "You want water? Turn on anything." | 38599::JMINVILLE | Dr. Benway | Mon May 02 1988 18:24 | 6 |
| Someone forgot to tell Allan Holdsworth that!
Dave, you're absolutely RIGHT! :^) I should never have used the
P-word. Sorry.
Joe.
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| 579.9 | nit patrol | ZYDECO::MCABEE | Give me the roses while I live | Tue May 03 1988 13:18 | 5 |
| A double stop is two fingered notes on adjacent strings, not
necessarily with the same finger. This is bowed-instrument terminology
and doesn't translate all that usefully to the guitar.
Bob
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| 579.10 | nit reply | MARKER::BUCKLEY | We Will Rock You! | Tue May 03 1988 13:33 | 5 |
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> This is bowed-instrument terminology and doesn't translate all
> that usefully to the guitar.
Huh..since when?
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| 579.11 | really???? | VIDEO::BUSENBARK | | Tue May 03 1988 13:59 | 2 |
| ditto!!!!
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| 579.12 | reductio ad absurdum | ZYDECO::MCABEE | Give me the roses while I live | Tue May 03 1988 19:10 | 5 |
| Well, if it (the term, not the concept) did translate very
usefully to guitar, then we wouldn't have so much trouble agreeing
on what it means, would we?
Bob
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| 579.13 | Like Wow Wipeout | BUSY::JMINVILLE | Dr. Benway | Wed May 04 1988 12:15 | 5 |
| This note is getting wicked, pissa, awesome, and like totally
rad. Would someone please call Chuck Berry and ask HIM what
a double stop is?
joe.
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