Playing "double stops," on a bowed instrument, means playing on two strings at once. This technique is used to play chords in ClassicalMusic
?, and is used, to varying degrees, in
FidDle playing. American OldTime
? fiddling, for example, is famous for using copious double stops; according to one hypothesis, this tendency might have its roots a similar tendency found in NorthernIreland
?, which is where many of the ScotchIrish
? ancestors of current OldTime
? players originated. In
IrishTraditionalMusic, double stops are most commonly used in TheDonegalFiddleTradition
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