by Dirk Hagemann
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Playing "double stops," means playing on two strings at once. You can
find Double Stops in Blues and Rock´n Roll, from the Stones to Heavy
Metal are the possibilities for this simple technique.
But there are triple stops (three strings) and quadruple stops
(four strings) as well.
For a Double Stop you hold two strings with one finger or you use ring
finger and pinky.
Recommended songs: Chuck Berry used Double Stops in nearly every song!
See "Johnny Be Goode", "Roll over Beethoven" and many others!
Double Stop Exercises
Exericse 1
E||-------------------------|-------------------------|
B||--5--7--5--7b-7b-5-------|-----5--7--7b-7b-5-------|
G||--5--7--5--7b-7b-5-------|-----5--7--7b-7b-5-------|
D||--------------------7----|--7-----------------7----|
A||-------------------------|-------------------------|
E||-------------------------|-------------------------|
Exericse 2 - Try on other strings as well
--3/-5--5--5--7--5-------|--5h-7--5-----------------|
--3/-5--5--5--7--5-------|--5h-7--5-----------------|
--------------------7----|-----------5h-7--5--7-----|
-------------------------|-----------5h-7--5--7--7--|
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Exercise 3 - Move one finger on Exercise 4 Intro of
another fret. "Pride and Joy" by SRV
---------------------------|------|-----0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
-----10-----9-----7-----5--|------|--3/-5--5--5--5--5--5-----|
-----9------8-----7-----5--|------|--------------------------|
--0------0-----0-----0-----|------|-----------------------x--|
---------------------------|------|-----------------------x--|
---------------------------|------|-----------------------x--|
--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-----|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----|
--8b-8b-8b-8b-8b-8b-8b--3/|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--8b-8b-8b-8b-8b-8b-8b---|
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Exercise 5 - Intro of "Back in the USA" by Chuck Berry
|------------------------|--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|
|----------------10--12--|--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--|
|------------11b---------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------|
--10------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--10--13--12--10--10--------------|--------------------------------|
------13--12--10--11--------------|--------------------------------|
----------------------12--10------|--12--12--12--12--12--12--12----|
------------------------------12--|--12--12--12--12--12--12--12----|
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--11/-9---9/--7--7/-5--5----||
--12/-10--10/-9--9/-7--7----||
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