By double stops, I'm talking two fingered strings, not one string and one drone.

What are the common double stops? Lets talk standard tuning, for keys A and D, and the associated chords.

Well, first you need to know what chords you want. For the Keys of A you will want A (I), D(IV), E(V), and sometimes B(II). For D you will want D(I), G(IV), A(V), and sometimes E(II).

Know what 3 notes make up the Chord (major triad).
A= A, C#, E
D= D, F#, A
E= E, G#, B
B= B, D#, F#
G= G, B, D

Since you can only play two notes at once you have a lot of variations of the same chords. Common "cajun chords" include.

A= A (G string) E (D string)
C# (G string) E (D string)
E (D string) A (open A string)
A (D string) C# (A string)
C# (A string) E (open E)
C# (A string) A (E string)

See the pattern ?

D= A (G string) D (open D)
D (G string) F# (D string)
F# (D string) A (open A)
F# (D string) D (A string)
D (A string) F# (E string)

the rest you can figure out.

I have a video about Cajun seconding (which has chords in it) I use with my students when I teach Viens me Chercher (waltz in D).

heres the link to my channel, you can find the videos (3 part series) on seconding a waltz there under uploads

http://www.youtube.com/user/TCadien?feature=mhee

merci mon fount of knowledge. I think I"ve only seen one of your videos so far. I'll check it out. Thanks again.

Dwight

Dwight,

Do you have the "Yellow Book"?

He also diagrams numerous common Cajun chords

--bn

You're right, he does. I forgot. It's on my bed.

bravo christian. informative videos.
you rock!

roger