| Playing violin chords can be a challenge. There is | | | | bows made before the end of the 18th century, |
| no shortcut to mastering the technique. The only | | | | had the wood curved away from the hair. The |
| way to become adept at violin chords is practice, | | | | result was that three notes could be played |
| practice, practice! A double stop is the technical | | | | simultaneously by some violinists. |
| term for violin chord. It simply means that you're | | | | Even with older bows it is almost impossible to |
| playing to notes on adjacent strings at the same | | | | play for notes at once on the violin. If the artist is |
| time. Two strings are pushed down at the same | | | | accomplished, he/ she will play the three or four |
| time or stopped by the fingers, and bowed | | | | note cord by sounding the lower notes briefly and |
| plucked. | | | | allowing them to sing, and then sounding the upper |
| Because of the violin is curved bridge, plucking or | | | | notes. This technique is called a broken chord. If it |
| bowing more than two strings at the same time | | | | is done correctly, the hearer will believe they |
| is extremely difficult, if not impossible. Antique | | | | heard a true triple or quadruple stop. |