Chords for Dream Guitars Lesson - Using Double Stops - Ross Martin
Tempo:
156.5 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
G
Em
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
I'm going to talk a little bit about double stops and some of the techniques I use on
acoustic guitar with that.
One thing that I do [N] a lot, and this applies to any kind of flat picking, [Am] fingerstyle [Em] playing,
is I'll play double stops while simultaneously playing open strings.
So you get [A] this kind of drone to the low A against the double stops, [D] which [A] creates a
really [D] nice full sound.
[A] [Bm] [A]
And you know, [Em] [D] any strings that you're playing it on, [A] you can keep that [E] drone going.
If you were in the [D] key of D, same thing on the four string.
[F#] [D] [A#m] [D] And it just creates a really rich sound.
The double stops themselves, there's a lot of different things you can do.
One good place to start is [A] just by taking a scale, say A Mixolydian, which is just a
B scale, A major scale that has a flat 7 instead of a major [D] 7, [G]
[Am] and just go up, [Dm] play
that in [A] thirds, [D] [G] [D]
[G] [A] [G] [A]
[G] [D]
[A] any two sets of [D] strings, [A] [D]
you can get a lot of ideas that [A] way.
Another thing that's fun to do is to kind of keep a drone note going [B] while you're moving
another voice against it [A] so you get
[D#] [D]
[A]
a lot of ideas that way.
[E] And I should talk about the right hand technique because that's a big part of this.
You know, it's one sound to play double stops [A] with a pick, which [G] is a cool [F#m] [Em] sound, [D] [G] but you
ultimately get a little bit of delay in the way the notes sound.
But if you maybe play one note with a finger and one note with a pick, [A] you get that simultaneous
[Em] [D] ring that's really nice, almost like a piano, [Em] you know, something.
So there's several different ways to do that.
You could be playing a low note with a [B] pick and then use two fingers [F#m] to play those [N] strings.
And I usually either get like acrylic nails at a salon or glue-on fake nails because I
like the way that sounds.
It [F#m] sounds closer to the pick.
And another thing [N] I do is I'll actually play one string with a pick.
So [D] maybe I'm playing down up with a pick and on the other string I'm [Gm] actually alternating
[F#] fingers so I'm playing middle, third, middle, [D] third.
And if you play that together, you get a sound like that.
So you know, you can move around a little bit more.
[Am]
[Fm] [F#m] [Em] [D] [A#m] [C]
[D] [C] [Bm] [Am] [G]
[A] [D]
[A] [D#] [F#m]
[D] [A]
[G] [A]
[Am] [D]
[Am] [A] [G] [A]
[C] [F#m] [A]
[D] [A]
So there's all [Em] different combinations that you can do with the pick, [A] fingers, double
stops, triple [Am] [A] stops.
[Em] [D#] [Dm]
[A] So those are just a few ideas for double stops on [G#] acoustic guitar.
I'm going to talk a little bit about double stops and some of the techniques I use on
acoustic guitar with that.
One thing that I do [N] a lot, and this applies to any kind of flat picking, [Am] fingerstyle [Em] playing,
is I'll play double stops while simultaneously playing open strings.
So you get [A] this kind of drone to the low A against the double stops, [D] which [A] creates a
really [D] nice full sound.
[A] [Bm] [A]
And you know, [Em] [D] any strings that you're playing it on, [A] you can keep that [E] drone going.
If you were in the [D] key of D, same thing on the four string.
[F#] [D] [A#m] [D] And it just creates a really rich sound.
The double stops themselves, there's a lot of different things you can do.
One good place to start is [A] just by taking a scale, say A Mixolydian, which is just a
B scale, A major scale that has a flat 7 instead of a major [D] 7, [G]
[Am] and just go up, [Dm] play
that in [A] thirds, [D] [G] [D]
[G] [A] [G] [A]
[G] [D]
[A] any two sets of [D] strings, [A] [D]
you can get a lot of ideas that [A] way.
Another thing that's fun to do is to kind of keep a drone note going [B] while you're moving
another voice against it [A] so you get
[D#] [D]
[A]
a lot of ideas that way.
[E] And I should talk about the right hand technique because that's a big part of this.
You know, it's one sound to play double stops [A] with a pick, which [G] is a cool [F#m] [Em] sound, [D] [G] but you
ultimately get a little bit of delay in the way the notes sound.
But if you maybe play one note with a finger and one note with a pick, [A] you get that simultaneous
[Em] [D] ring that's really nice, almost like a piano, [Em] you know, something.
So there's several different ways to do that.
You could be playing a low note with a [B] pick and then use two fingers [F#m] to play those [N] strings.
And I usually either get like acrylic nails at a salon or glue-on fake nails because I
like the way that sounds.
It [F#m] sounds closer to the pick.
And another thing [N] I do is I'll actually play one string with a pick.
So [D] maybe I'm playing down up with a pick and on the other string I'm [Gm] actually alternating
[F#] fingers so I'm playing middle, third, middle, [D] third.
And if you play that together, you get a sound like that.
So you know, you can move around a little bit more.
[Am]
[Fm] [F#m] [Em] [D] [A#m] [C]
[D] [C] [Bm] [Am] [G]
[A] [D]
[A] [D#] [F#m]
[D] [A]
[G] [A]
[Am] [D]
[Am] [A] [G] [A]
[C] [F#m] [A]
[D] [A]
So there's all [Em] different combinations that you can do with the pick, [A] fingers, double
stops, triple [Am] [A] stops.
[Em] [D#] [Dm]
[A] So those are just a few ideas for double stops on [G#] acoustic guitar.
Key:
A
D
G
Em
Am
A
D
G
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm going to talk a little bit about double stops and _ _ some of the techniques I use on
acoustic guitar with that.
One thing that I do [N] a lot, and this applies to _ any kind of _ flat picking, [Am] fingerstyle [Em] playing,
is I'll play double stops while simultaneously playing open strings.
So you get [A] this kind of drone to the low A _ _ _ against the double stops, _ _ [D] which [A] creates a
really [D] nice full sound. _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
And you know, [Em] _ [D] any strings that you're playing it on, [A] you can keep that [E] drone going.
If you were in the [D] key of D, same thing on the four string. _ _ _ _
[F#] _ [D] _ _ [A#m] _ [D] _ _ And it just creates a really rich sound.
The double stops themselves, there's a lot of different things you can do.
One good place to start is [A] just by taking a scale, say _ _ A Mixolydian, which is just a
B scale, A major scale that has a flat 7 instead of a major [D] 7, _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] and just go up, _ _ [Dm] play
that in [A] thirds, _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] any two sets of [D] strings, [A] _ _ [D] _ _
you can get a lot of ideas that [A] way. _ _
_ _ Another thing that's fun to do is to kind of keep a drone note going [B] while you're moving
another voice against it [A] so you get _
_ _ _ [D#] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ a lot of ideas that way. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ And I should talk about the right hand technique because _ _ that's a big part of this.
You know, it's one sound to play double stops _ [A] _ with a pick, which [G] is a cool [F#m] [Em] sound, [D] _ [G] but you _
ultimately get a little bit of delay in the way the notes sound.
But if you _ maybe play one note with a finger and one note with a pick, [A] you get that _ _ simultaneous
[Em] [D] ring that's really nice, almost like a piano, [Em] you know, something. _ _
So there's several different ways to do that.
You could _ be playing a low note with a [B] pick and then use two fingers [F#m] to _ _ play _ those [N] strings.
And _ I usually either get like acrylic nails at a salon or glue-on fake nails because I
like the way that sounds.
It [F#m] sounds closer to the pick.
And another thing [N] I do _ is I'll actually play _ one string with a pick.
So [D] _ _ maybe I'm playing down up with a pick and on the other string I'm [Gm] actually alternating
[F#] fingers so I'm playing middle, third, middle, [D] third.
And if you play that together, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ you get a sound like that.
So you know, you can move around a little bit more.
_ [Am] _
[Fm] _ [F#m] _ [Em] _ [D] _ [A#m] _ [C] _ _ _
_ [D] _ [C] _ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ [D#] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [C] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ So there's all [Em] different combinations that you can do with the pick, _ [A] fingers, _ double
stops, triple [Am] [A] stops. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D#] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [A] _ _ So those are just a few ideas for double stops on [G#] acoustic guitar. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm going to talk a little bit about double stops and _ _ some of the techniques I use on
acoustic guitar with that.
One thing that I do [N] a lot, and this applies to _ any kind of _ flat picking, [Am] fingerstyle [Em] playing,
is I'll play double stops while simultaneously playing open strings.
So you get [A] this kind of drone to the low A _ _ _ against the double stops, _ _ [D] which [A] creates a
really [D] nice full sound. _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
And you know, [Em] _ [D] any strings that you're playing it on, [A] you can keep that [E] drone going.
If you were in the [D] key of D, same thing on the four string. _ _ _ _
[F#] _ [D] _ _ [A#m] _ [D] _ _ And it just creates a really rich sound.
The double stops themselves, there's a lot of different things you can do.
One good place to start is [A] just by taking a scale, say _ _ A Mixolydian, which is just a
B scale, A major scale that has a flat 7 instead of a major [D] 7, _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] and just go up, _ _ [Dm] play
that in [A] thirds, _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] any two sets of [D] strings, [A] _ _ [D] _ _
you can get a lot of ideas that [A] way. _ _
_ _ Another thing that's fun to do is to kind of keep a drone note going [B] while you're moving
another voice against it [A] so you get _
_ _ _ [D#] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ a lot of ideas that way. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ And I should talk about the right hand technique because _ _ that's a big part of this.
You know, it's one sound to play double stops _ [A] _ with a pick, which [G] is a cool [F#m] [Em] sound, [D] _ [G] but you _
ultimately get a little bit of delay in the way the notes sound.
But if you _ maybe play one note with a finger and one note with a pick, [A] you get that _ _ simultaneous
[Em] [D] ring that's really nice, almost like a piano, [Em] you know, something. _ _
So there's several different ways to do that.
You could _ be playing a low note with a [B] pick and then use two fingers [F#m] to _ _ play _ those [N] strings.
And _ I usually either get like acrylic nails at a salon or glue-on fake nails because I
like the way that sounds.
It [F#m] sounds closer to the pick.
And another thing [N] I do _ is I'll actually play _ one string with a pick.
So [D] _ _ maybe I'm playing down up with a pick and on the other string I'm [Gm] actually alternating
[F#] fingers so I'm playing middle, third, middle, [D] third.
And if you play that together, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ you get a sound like that.
So you know, you can move around a little bit more.
_ [Am] _
[Fm] _ [F#m] _ [Em] _ [D] _ [A#m] _ [C] _ _ _
_ [D] _ [C] _ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ [D#] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [C] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ So there's all [Em] different combinations that you can do with the pick, _ [A] fingers, _ double
stops, triple [Am] [A] stops. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D#] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [A] _ _ So those are just a few ideas for double stops on [G#] acoustic guitar. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _