iconic Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Is a double stop simply two notes played together...possibly outlining a chord....say a root and 5th or root and 3rd. Just been reading something about mark adams (slave) and his 'amazing' double stops....the start of stone jam has the bass playing 2 notes together? Cheers and thanks for any help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Yes, and I usually associate a stop with fretless playing ('cos you obviously can't fret the string), so a double stop could well be the root and 5th and then with care you can do a sliding double stop (whilst trying to maintain the correct intonation). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconic Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 Thanks, hmm double and triple stops....why not simply say a chord? "I just threw a double stop in" does sound sexier though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 If you have a fretless it's fun creating sliding harmonics too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyd Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 [quote name='iconic' timestamp='1392765955' post='2372620'] Thanks, hmm double and triple stops....why not simply say a chord? "I just threw a double stop in" does sound sexier though! [/quote] As far as I know, the term is an old one that comes from the world of violin, cello, double bass etc. Instead of 'fretting' a note, you 'stop' the string on a given note, which kind of makes sense on a fretless instrument. From a bass-playing perspective, if you say that you're 'playing a chord', that could either mean that you're playing multiple strings at the same time, or that you're playing a line over a given chord, so maybe 'double stop' is just more unambiguous? But I agree that it does sound sexier as well.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconic Posted February 19, 2014 Author Share Posted February 19, 2014 [quote name='tinyd' timestamp='1392801555' post='2372814'] As far as I know, the term is an old one that comes from the world of violin, cello, double bass etc. Instead of 'fretting' a note, you 'stop' the string on a given note, which kind of makes sense on a fretless instrument. [/quote] interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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