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Pick a chord or a progression and see the two-note shapes that fit it, written out in notation and tab. Use them for fills and harmony lines, or to learn where chords lie on the neck.

Which instruments are there?

Mandolin, violin, mandola, octave mandolin, guitar and banjo.

Can I use a whole progression?

Yes. Enter the chords and see double stops for each one.

What is a double stop?

Two notes played at once on neighboring strings. Fiddle and mandolin players use them for fills, harmony and a fuller sound.

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Key

Practice

Chord shapesThrough the changesThrough the scale

Every double stop of one chord on each pair of strings, from the nut up to the 12th fret

A double stop for each chord of a progression, each one moving as little as it can from the last

Each note of the scale with the note a 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th above it

Chord

Progression

The three chords of most bluegrass songs

Home to the I between the IV and the V

Two bars of I, one of IV, two of I, one of V and two more of I

Only the I and the V7, as in a lot of old-time songs

The I, then three 7th chords round the circle of fifths back home, as in Salty Dog Blues

Twelve bars of 7th chords: four of the I, two of the IV, two of the I, then V IV I V

The I vi IV V of fifties pop and plenty of country songs

Start

The first chord's double stop nearest the nut

One from the middle of the neck

The highest one up to the 12th fret

Scale

Size

Pattern

Move

Each double stop on its own

Start a fret low and slide both fingers up into it. An open string stays put

Play the ♭3, then push it up to the 3rd while the other note rings. Works on double stops with the chord's 3rd

Pick the 2nd, then hammer onto the 3rd. Works on double stops with the chord's 3rd

Pick both strings fast and even through the whole note, as on a slow song

Rhythm

One note per beat

Two even notes per beat

Three even notes per beat

Four even notes per beat

Two per beat, long then short, with a shuffle feel

Dotted: a long note, then a short one

Dotted: a short note, then a long one

Instrument

Strings

Diagram

Label notes with Degrees Note names

Intervals Degrees Tab

None of these fit on these strings. Try other strings or another size.

Sound72bpm

Click any note to start from there

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Plays under the double stops so you hear each one against the key.

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