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double-stop
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dou·ble-stop (dbl-stp)
tr.v. dou·ble-stopped, dou·ble-stop·ping, dou·ble-stops
To produce two tones simultaneously on (a stringed instrument) by stopping two strings with one hand while bowing them with the other.
n. also double stop
1. The two tones so produced.
2. The notes indicating these tones.
double-stop
vb -stops, -stopping, -stopped
(Music / Instruments) to play (two notes or parts) simultaneously on a violin or related instrument by drawing the bow over two strings
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Beginning with glassy, densely packed harmonics, it moves seamlessly through a crepuscular slow section and a trembling perpetuum mobile to arrive at the finale, labelled as a "12-part epilogue in three parts", in which the members of the quartet sing four of the lines over the double-stops on their instruments.
Zehetmair Quartet by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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