Music GCSE
Chords and double stops
What Chords and double stops means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Chords and double stops
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A chord or double stop is produced when the player presses fingers on more than one string and draws the bow across them so the stopped strings sound simultaneously.
Topics that use Chords and double stops
- Appendix 3: Musical vocabulary - Dynamics and performance matters (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Distinguishing doubling from harmony
- Doubling
- Emphasis and attack
- Hammer-ons and pull-offs
- Harmony
- Identifying performers by timbre
- Melody
- Musical structure in performance
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