The Double Stop Scale – old

We’ll now learn to play a droning double stop scale. Getting good at this will make it easier to add double stops to fiddle tunes.


Basically, the double stops scale is just adding droning notes to scales you’ve already been practicing.

Start by playing a D major scale with single notes:

  • D0-1-2-3-A0-1-2-3

Next, work on each double stop in the scale.

Just play D0A0. Then D1A0 for awhile, then D2A0 etc.

Next, step is to work on each interval in the scale:

  • D0A0-D1A0
  • D1A0-D2A0
  • D2A0-D3-A0

Stay on each interval for a few repetitions.

Then finger all the notes on the D string:

  • D0A0-D1A0-D2A0-D3A0

Then do the same process for the fingered notes on A string:

  • D0A0, D0A1, D0A2, D0A3
    • D0A0-D0A1, D0A1-D0A2, D0A2-D0A3
      • D0A0-D0A1-D0A2-D0A3

Practice this a bit and then put together the full D double stops scale:

  • D0A0-D1A0-D2A0-D3A0-D0A0-D0A1-D0A2-D0A3

Once you get this scale you can practice it creatively with different rhythms: hoedown, tucka, triplets.

Course progress

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