Chord Types
A chord is two or more notes played together and on the violin you can play two, three or four note chords. Chords can be made up of open strings played together, fingered notes or a mixture of open and stopped strings. A two note chord as shown oppositie is called a double stop. Three and four note chords are called triple and quadruple stops.
Double Stops
If the double stop is difficult (the left hand span is awkward) a viola section will play this divisi (notes shared out between instruments). A composer can write non div under the chord if they really want the players to play the double stop. This does increase the risk of tuning problems.
