Re: How Would You Play This Double Stop?
There's some sort of old school attitude concerning the use of fifths. It's somewhat frowned upon, not sure why. And here we are. playing an instrument that's nothing but fifths. It's a constant struggle.
I'd avoid the G-D double stop. (And that isnt short for "goldanged" or anything else. ) I'd look at where the melody is going. It's heading from that D down to B, then G, then a lower D. Also, the chords are going G - G7 -C - G. I'm liking the following way of correlating all that:
G - F - E - B
D - B - C - G
I sure don't know how to write that. That last DS is arbitrary, but the melody is heading lower, so I thought the DS should, too.
3 - 1 - 0 - x
5 - 2 - 3 - 2
x - x - x - 5
x - x - x - x
Does that make more sense?
But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong. - Dennis Miller
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