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Double Stops
Tony asked us to think of songs implementing double stops and I got to thinking:
Power Chords often only use 2 strings (so 2 notes) and could be categorized as a double stop. If you do this your list of double stop songs explodes.Double stops typically include thirds, fourths, fifths, sixths, and octaves, but power chords involve mainly fifths on the bass strings. I see them as a subset of double stops.
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When i think of double stops I’ve always considered power chord either 1/3, 1/4, 1/5 6 or 7or 3/5,Frets G/4 and B/3 which is considered a E7 2 note chord. Those are all over the fret board and are used to fill in 1or 2 beats before moving onto another double stop chord in your progression. Play that lick and then do a A7 double stop on B/2 and d/2.
Play the e double stop and slide up to the C# minor on B/5, G/6 and D/5 to a 5th fret A minor 7 which is the bottom 4 strings, E,B,G,A on the 5th fret. So the 4 fretted notes are A,E,C,G or Am7 chord.
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I’m wondering if any 2 note pattern is a double stop, whether you play them simultaneously or one right after another. I’m not entirely clear with how Tony has explained it, since we play some 2 note patterns both ways in the exercise. Given how we used the pattern yesterday, I would think even David Gilmour’s 2 note pattern in “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” would qualify as using a double stop. ( A#, F , G, E ), even though the notes are not played simultaneously.
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Good point, Tony does refer to both the simultaneous 2 note and successive 2 note phrase as double stop!
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