Definition of Double stopping

1. Noun. Stopping two strings and producing two notes at the same time.

Generic synonyms: Stopping

Lexicographical Neighbors of Double Stopping

double sheet bend
double space
double spaced
double stain
double standard
double standards
double star
double star system
double star systems
double stars
double steal
double steals
double stitch
double stop
double stopping (current term)
double stops
double straddle
double straddles
double switch
double tachycardia
double take
double taker
double talk
double tap
double taps
double team
double tertian
double tertian malaria
double thymidine block

Literary usage of Double stopping

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chats to 'cello Students by Arthur Broadley (1915)
"DOUBLE-STOPPING. IN consequence of the great distances which separate the notes in the neck positions on the violoncello, nothing very extraordinary is ..."

2. Elson's Music Dictionary: Containing the Definition and Pronunciation of by Louis Charles Elson (1905)
"One can produce two tones simultaneously from the violin, and this is called double-stopping, but single-stopping or producing a single note at p. time, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889) by Eminent Writers by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1879)
"double stopping is sounding on the violin or other instrument of that tribe ... Strictly speaking, the term ' double-stopping* ought only to be applied to ..."

4. Violin Playing and Violin Adjustment by James Winram (1908)
"double stopping. DOUBLE stopping is the art of playing two notes at one time, ... There are many who, when playing double stopping, put the fingers down at ..."

5. The Musical Guide: Containing a Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of Terms by Rupert Hughes (1903)
"6. double stopping. The playing of two or more notes ... (a) double stopping, (b) Playing the same note on 2 strings simultaneously, d. coup de langue ..."

6. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1880)
"double stopping is sounding on the violin or other instrument of that tribe ... Strictly speaking, the term 'double-stopping' ought only to be applied to ..."

7. Music Lovers' Cyclopedia: Containing a Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary by Rupert Hughes (1912)
"6. double stopping. The playing of two or more notes at once on a stringed instr. d. ... (a) double stopping, (b) Playing the same note on 2 strings ..."

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