Double-stop

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    a chord or combination composed of two notes played on separate strings simultaneously.

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    to play on two stopped strings of a stringed instrument simultaneously.

    "Divisi in the orchestra greatly reduces the need for double-stopping, per se, in this form of string playing."

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"Divisi in the orchestra greatly reduces the need for double-stopping, per se, in this form of string playing."

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