Whats a Double Stop?

[ffrankwhite]

the dude in the instructional jimi hendrix dvds says "you do a double stop here" in the intro to hey joe...what is it?

[appetite4illusions]

A double stop is hitting two notes at the same time. Double stop notes are on top of one another. In the case of Hey Joe, it means hitting the third fret of the the B string while letting the high E ring out.

Here's the intro to Hey Joe with the double stops bolded out.

E|-0-0-0------------|----------------|--------------|-

B|-3-5-3------------|----------------|--------------|-

G|-------2-0--------|----------------|--------------|-5

D|-----------2-----2|--5----5---4--2|-----7-----7--|-5

A|---------------2--|---5----5---4--2|-7-9---7-9---7|-3

E|-------------0----|-0----0---0----0|--------------|-0

[ffrankwhite]

A double stop is hitting two notes at the same time. Double stop notes are on top of one another. In the case of Hey Joe, it means hitting the third fret of the the B string while letting the high E ring out.

Here's the intro to Hey Joe with the double stops bolded out.

E|-0-0-0------------|----------------|--------------|-

B|-3-5-3------------|----------------|--------------|-

G|-------2-0--------|----------------|--------------|-5

D|-----------2-----2|--5----5---4--2|-----7-----7--|-5

A|---------------2--|---5----5---4--2|-7-9---7-9---7|-3

E|-------------0----|-0----0---0----0|--------------|-0

thanx man although on the thing he does the double stop on the g & b somewhere like 9th fret..

Edited April 22, 2008 by ffrankwhite

[appetite4illusions]

thanx man although on the thing he does the double stop on the g & b somewhere like 9th fret..

He's probably playing it a different way, which is fine. Learn it however it feels comfortable for you Frank.

Double stops are the key to sounding like Hendrix and Slash, both used them very liberally.