Re: [Harp-L] What's a double Stop??



Yeah, in my case, I just meant playing any combination of two notes at once. I must have picked up that phrase from my fiddle playing friends a long time ago -- didn't really give it much thought.

- Slim.

www.SlideManSlim.com


Winslow Yerxa wrote:
It's true, the violin term "double stop" means stopping two strings
with your fingers at the same time, and playing them both.

On harmonica, it could means any two notes played at the same time, as
you say.


However, there does seem to be a tendency for players to use Smokey
Joe's definition that the two notes must be in non-neighboring holes,
which are blocked out by the tongue. (I call this a split interval, as
the meaning of "stop" on the violin has no direct correspondence on
harmonica - if anything "stop" might refer to the blocked holes that
don't sound.)

Slim could have meant either one (or both). Perhaps he can clarify it
for us.

Winslow








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