double-stop
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.89 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
to play on two stopped strings of a stringed instrument simultaneously.
noun
a chord or combination composed of two notes played on separate strings simultaneously.
Example Sentences
- "Divisi in the orchestra greatly reduces the need for double-stopping, per se, in this form of string playing."
- "Some Greek musicians have used open tunings on the violin and double-stopped the strings to produce a drone."
- "The whole movement gives the soloist an opportunity for hair-raising virtuosity, from rapid arpeggios and spectral harmonics to languid parallel sixths, double-stopped trills and, in the trio, a stratospheric cantabile, again on harmonics."
- "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."
- "You can play a double-stop on adjacent strings or on nonadjacent strings (by skipping strings)."
- "If you're a beginner player, you can always choose not to play a double-stop and instead play just the top note."