What Are Double Stops?

Double stops make up a huge part of what country guitar is about.

You will hear these in every song on your local country station!

So, what is a double stop? Two notes played simultaneously usually with fingers or a combination of a finger and pick.

I’ve decided to include 5 lessons on double stops for 5 different chords that you’ll likely encounter in any country song.

There are open string licks and at least one lick that can be transposed to any chord in every lesson.

These are great for fills when there aren’t any vocals or for soloing with! Check out these licks for a G7:

Ex.1

E|----------------------------------------------|
B|-3--3s1--0------------------------------------|
G|-4--4s2--0-------0--0--0--0-------------------|
D|--------------0h2----3--2--0--------0---------|
A|----------------------------------1h2---------|
E|-------------------------------------------3--|

Ex.2

E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0-----0-0--0--0--------0--------------2------2----x--|
D|--7-s-9---7--5--3—2h3---3p2-0------3------3-------3b-5-|
A|---------------------------------------4-5---4-5----x--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

Ex.3

E|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------6-----6-----6----5--4-s-3---5----3--------------|
G|------7-----7-----7----6--5-s-4---5----3h4------------|
D|-8-9---8-9--8-9----x-----------x----x-------5---------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

Want To Learn More …

Most guitarists want to start learning their favourite country songs but this just makes them frustrated because it never sounds like the original.

Like anything new you need to learn the foundations of the topic and then build on this.

If you are really serious about learning country guitar you should practice as often as possible and listen to as many different varieties of country music.

With our standard step-by-step instructions & video, ‘Country Guitar Mastery 2.0’ is what you need to successful learn to master this genre.

We give you our qualified tutor plus the need to know topics to help you learn quicker and with minimal stress doing so.