Double Stop Exercises
Double stop picking is the technique of plucking two strings at once. If you want to advance this skill, try these exercises.
The Exercises
Blues double stop example
The above example is a pentatonic riff with double-stops that you might find in the blues genre.
Harmonized melody double stop example
You can also use double stops (primarily of thirds and sixths) to harmonize a melody, as in the above example.
More Practice
- Try improvising in the pentatonic blues style using double stops
- Pick a slower melody that you already know, figure out the keyThe set of pitches that a piece of music is organized around. A key has two components: a tonal center and some sort of scale, or set of pitches used for creating harmony and melody. it uses and add sixths, thirds, or octaves below the melody to harmonize it with double-stops.
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