The Static Double Stop

A static double stop is a single two-note shape held in one position on the neck. Rather than moving through a scale or sliding chromatically, you sustain one interval and focus on tone.

This is the simplest form of double stop practice. It trains your fretting hand to apply even pressure on both strings and your picking hand to strike two strings cleanly.

Static double stops are useful musically as pedal tones, drones, or sustained harmony notes underneath a melody played by another instrument.

A Major 3rd at Fret 2

A single double stop in 3rds, based around the 2nd fret area.

Hold and Sustain

Fret both notes and strum once — let the double stop ring for four full beats
Check that both strings sustain evenly without one dying out early
Try picking each string individually, then together, to verify clean fretting on both notes