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place the bow on both strings at once and then bow as usual
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Why is the violin the most commonly used string instrument?
It is mostly easy to play doublestops on the violin because the strings are small and the tension is light. However, the claim that it is easier to play double stops on the violin than any other instrument is open for debate. Many instruments, including bowed string instruments, have been designed specifically for playing doublestops or chords. Some of these have diminished in use over the centuries, one was a "flash in the pan". For instance, the viola da gamba family, a bowed, fretted family of instruments used through the renaissance and baroque periods (and now, because of the Renaissance and Baroque revivals) are ideally suited for playing double stops and chords. During Schubert's time (classical era), an instrument called the Arpeggione was designed and built, and Schubert wrote a sonata for it (as did some other composers.) It was fretted like a guitar, had over 2 octaves of frets, and bowed and held like a 'cello. It appears (from chords written in Schubert's sonata) to have been tuned like a guitar as well. Additionally, unless the definition of double stops is limited to be "two notes played on a violin family instrument," many other instruments can play more than one fingered note at the same time. In the string family, nearly every instrument with more than one string can do this. Many Asian instruments which are bowed and have more than one string have a lively repertory with doublestops included. Some of these are intended for double-stopping, rather than just playing single notes, and are much easier to play doublestops on. Further, an argument can be made that the larger members of the string family are easier to play doublestops on, because, while the violin requires less pressure, the larger instruments require less accuracy. With longer string lengths, a physical "miss" of a milimeter has much less out-of-tune effect on a cello than it does on a violin!
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