Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In playing musical instruments of the viol family, the playing of two strings at once, especially where both of them are stopped—that is, shortened by the finger. The two simultaneous tones thus produced are called
double-stops .
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Examples
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Probably more like 'double-stopping is impossible'...
A warm welcome... Jessica 2005
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Probably more like 'double-stopping is impossible'...
Archive 2005-04-01 Jessica 2005
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Among other publications are a suite for piano (op. 33), in which a scherzo has life, and a sonata for violin and piano, in which, curiously enough, the violin has not one instance of double-stopping, and the elaborating begins, not with the first subject taken vigorously, but with the second subject sung out softly.
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For several minutes the clergyman played a series of beautiful modulations in double-stopping upon the violin.
The Human Chord Algernon Blackwood 1910
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Then the feeling of dread lessened as he heard Mr. Skale's voice mingling with the violin, combining exquisitely with the double-stopping he was playing on the two lower strings; for the music, as the saying is, "went through him" with thrills of power that plunged into unknown depths of his soul and lifted him with a delightful sense of inner expansion to a state where fear was merged in joy.
The Human Chord Algernon Blackwood 1910
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How this unique and curious effect, this vocal double-stopping, as a violinist might term it, is produced, is not certainly known; but it would seem that it must be by an
Birds in the Bush Bradford Torrey 1877
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Inevitably the stars were the Capuçon brothers, Renaud and Gautier, as violinist and cellist, the former effortlessly dispatching his double-stopping, the latter soaring lyrically, not least in the ravishing solo that opens the slow movement.
Evening Standard - Home Barry Millington 2011
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Maurers seemed to understand the piece perfectly, delightfully executing its trills and double-stopping as if creating a piece of intricate lace.
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The solo writing, all ricocheting double-stopping, is strenuous, and Tetzlaff rose to its challenges with formidable dexterity.
Music news, reviews, comment and features | guardian.co.uk Tim Ashley 2008
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Something about this double-stopping here, and the fingering in this position.”
Maurice Guest 2003
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