Sekirov Dictionary

double-stop

noun 2
verb 1
forms 4

noun2

An instance of two notes being played simultaneously.
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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. — 1999

verb1

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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. — 1957

forms

double-stopped · double-stopping · double-stops · double stops

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