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10-29-2003, 08:35 PM
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Well, there are a whole bunch of threads about what is a double stop, but I know, so how do you use them? Can you mention any songs where they're used? And please, no "chord/not a chord" arguments. 
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10-30-2003, 02:33 AM
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10-30-2003, 04:47 AM
| | | | Some '70s R&B-
"How Long(Betcha Got A Chick On The Side)"-The Pointer Sisters
"Person To Person"-Average White Band
"Love Your Life"-AWB
"I Heard That!"-Quincy Jones(Chuck Rainey on bass)
"Love Your Life" uses the ROOT + the 3rd...played on the "D" & "G" strings 'around' beats 3 & 4. The tune has a G-minor tonality(IIRC); the double stops are Bb/D & A/C...which leads/resolves back onto the "G" note on beat 1. Make sense?
The remaining 3 tunes above use the standard 3rd/7th(no ROOT) config...e.g. "D"(12th fret on "D"-string/Ab(13th fret on "G"-string).
Oh yeah, don't forget to slide UP a half step.
IIRC, The Pointers' "How Long" has the doublestop happenin' at 'about' beats "& of 3" & "4"(leads into beat 1 of the following bar)..."Person To Person"(IIRC) has the doublestops on beats "& of 2" & "3"(Beat "4" is a rest).
What would be fun-
Make up a groove with the doublestops in the typical place(looks like at the end of the bar)...then, prcatice moving the doublestop to various locations(i.e. invert the groove so they occur at the beginning of the bar/figure).
How 'bout Jaco's "Liberty City"?
...double stops with OPEN string(s) as a 2nd voice.
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10-30-2003, 05:33 AM
| | | | Jason Newsted uses a lot of double stops all throughout ... And Justice for All. And I end up using them a lot to add dynamics to my playing..
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10-30-2003, 07:42 AM
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Jason Newsted uses a lot of double stops all throughout ... And Justice for All. | No offense meant, but how the heck can you hear that?!?
Steve Harris uses lots of double/triple-stops.
Also, Tony Levin's bass line on Peter Gabriel's "Don't Give Up", and and it's way up front in the mix! 
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10-30-2003, 07:16 PM
| | | | Justin Chancellor plays the opening to "Schism" with double stops between the 5th and 12th frets on D and G strings. Jaco did that a lot, like the opening phrases of "Chromatic Fantasy" at the end of those super fast runs. Flea does them on "Bloodsugarsexmagik" during the verse.
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10-30-2003, 11:08 PM
| | bass guitarist. | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: usa, virginia, richmond | | | john paul jones and john entwistle both used them i know. the tunes escape me though.
as far as use for them, there's a song my band did (2guitars, bass, drums) where for most of the song the guitars are pretty much playing the same thing, but then one drops out to do a solo at this sort of big dynamic moment, and when recording i was asked to do the main riff in double stops just as the solo was starting. could i hear it in the recording? no, d-mmit. but oh well.
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10-31-2003, 01:06 AM
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10-31-2003, 01:17 PM
| | Pushin' my soul through the wire... | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: West Lafayette, IN | | | there is a book called grooves for electric bass by mel bay ( i think). It has double stops all over the place
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12-06-2003, 01:39 AM
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Stanley Clarke - School Days is a famous one! Main riff is all in double stops. |
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12-06-2003, 01:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Valencia, CA 91354 | | I cannot believe that both JimK and Bruce posted in this thread and no mention of Steely Dan's "Josie" (another tune with Rainey on bass) has been made.
You guys are slipping... 
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