Talk:Double stop

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I redirected to this from from doublestop which was mainly concerned with doublestopping a guitar. Do we need to add guitar as an example of a stringed instrument that is double stopped since all the other listed instruments are bowed instruments? RJFJR 23:44, Feb 5, 2005 (UTC)

I've never heard the terminology applied to a guitar. I'm skeptical that it's a standard usage.--76.81.164.27 00:58, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

It would be nice if this article could explain the origin of the term.--76.81.164.27 00:58, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

-- All these terms (double stop, triple stop, quadruple stop, multiple stop) are specific to bowed string instruments. They are not used to refer to hitting multiple notes on a percussion instrument and they are not used to refer to any aspect of guitar playing. This is an important term to have in wikipedia, but this article needs serious work. I am inexperienced so I don't know if I am allowed, but I would say the correct procedure would be a nearly 100% rewrite.

-- The term double stop is also never used in the context of brass playing, so a brass player would not "give the impression of a double stop." In brass and winds, two notes sounding at once are called multiphonics.

The name double stop comes from the fact that, except in the cases where the double stop contains an open string, it requires two pitches to be stopped (fingered) simultaneously by the left hand.

-- Guitar double stops - http://www.accessrock.com/IntermediateLessons/double.asp Not a highly used technique but one nevertheless. Worthy of mention as many artists encorperate this technique (slash of gnr fame being the most prominent) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.97.255.202 (talk) 08:26, 6 September 2007 (UTC)