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

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

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

--- Special20 <special20harp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> As far as I know, the term "double stop" comes from violin or fiddle
> playing...  bowing two strings at the same time to achieve a
> duo-chord.  In
> harp it means a two-hole tone, such as drawing holes 3 and 4 at the
> same
> time.
> 
> But I could be wrong...
> 
> -Spec20
> 
> On Dec 7, 2007 11:19 AM, <BiscuitBoy714@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> >
> > In a message dated 12/7/2007 12:25:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > BiscuitBoy714 writes:
> >
> >
> > I know I do this but I  have no idea what you are talking about.
> For that
> > matter I don't know a lot of  the terminology that you guys use.
> I'd been
> > playing
> > semi and pro for over 30  years when I got here too, I just aint
> hip to
> > all
> > of the terms. Somebody clue  me in please.
> >
> >          Randy
> >     BiscuitBoy Blues
> >
> > In a message dated 12/6/2007 11:37:24 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > slim@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
> >
> > >  Lately I've been using a teeny tiny Countryman B6 that I special
> > >  ordered via Sweetwater. The special order was to have a longer
> mic
> > >  cord and, most importantly, reduced sensitivity (-20db). Even
> with the
> > > reduced sensitivity, it is a little to hot (distorts on 
> double-stops
> > > before it ever makes it to the preamp if the mic is  inside your
> > > tightly cupped hands). Unfotunately, they don't make a  less
> sensitive
> > > version. I originally tried it at the winter NAMM  show and fell
> in
> > > love with the sound
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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