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Guitar Lick - Guitar Lesson -Double Stops

This technique will add some meat to a guitar lick!

1. Double stop is just another way of saying two notes strummed or played at the same time
2. Think about the double stop technique as a small guitar chord
3. Use a quick wrist motion to make it snap in a guitar lick!
4. Many double stops are played by barring your finger over 2 strings (PICTURE 1 AND 2)
5. Another way of playing these is to use your guitar pick and middle finger to pluck it. This will give you a different sound and it will be harder to move back to single notes while playing a guitar lick.

PICTURE 1

PICTURE 2

Examples

Lick 1 (HEAR IT!)

Lick 2 (HEAR IT!)

• Practice each guitar lick 3 times in a row (keep a steady beat)

• Practice each lick 3 times in a row with the metronome or the practice track

• Print out the Write Your Own page

• Write out a Double Stop lick with quarter notes and half notes.

• Then write out a lick using eighth notes, quarter notes, and half notes

• Practice each one of your licks 3 times in a row

• After writing a couple of licks, try creating some on the spot. Count the rhythm out loud as you play.

• Make sure your licks are 4 beats long