Oliver,

I don't know if this will help, but here is Red Wing as notated in the Fiddler's Fakebook (the link above is to my Picasa Web Albums):

It doesn't have the fingering, but it does have most of the possible double stops notated. I do think often it is played triple fiddle though with a lead and harmony, but many of these double stops are doable with a bit of practice, mostly 1st position fingering. I don't think all of them need to be played for it to sound "spiffy". I am surprised Johnny Gimble isn't listed here in the recording examples, but the one with he and Chet Atkins, Marty Stuart, Asleep at the Wheel, etc., is a great example, and he plays it at a decent tempo, not too fast to play along with. Gimble adds an extra eighth note roll after the D (sustained half note), and a shuffle bowing for the chorus. As for bowing, I would think it's a player's preference, but I start on an up bow, slurring the first two lead in notes, but you might see what Barry starts with on his video.     

Late bloomer said

Asleep at the wheel ! My favorite country swing band.

Miles and Miles of Texas!! So true, So true.

Me too, and of course Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys  

Oliver, this is not what I meant by double stops (!?!)...the Joe Venuti way (I knew those guys were in cahoots!) of taking the bow apart and threading the violin through...naw, not his usual way of playing, though that would cover it- ha!

I'm sure you are right on FM's version, and I was just trying to be helpful. A full time Graphic Design student, my Christmas break started on the 24th, and I go back Jan 2nd (generous break, eh?), I didn't hear about the Red Wing project until yesterday. I'm not famous either...perhaps notorious or infamous for something, but certainly not famous by any means. I'd be much more involved here if I could, but the connection here to other fiddlers means the world to me.

Double stops actually was the first question I had for FM, since I had these scary 4 note double stops in Bach I needed some help with- I've been slowly but surely trying to tackle them.            

Fiddlerman said

Great thread, however maybe I should change the title to something more descriptive.

Late bloomer is actually right. Two or more harmonic notes played together constitutes as a chord.

Oliver is also right since three different notes are necessary to actually define (recognize or name) a common chord. However, if you as a fiddler play two notes harmonically along side the melody, the chord can be defined based on the key of the melody.

Oliver, a triad is a chord and is the most common type of chord. Adding notes from the chord can for example give you seventh chord or a ninth chord and so on. You can lower the 7th to make it diminished, etc.....

Thank you Pierre! Until I started tinkering with ukulele and mandolin, the term "chord" in connection with the violin was virtually unknown to me, other than "arpeggios". Too, if someone asked me, "What key is that in?" (other than Concerto ___ in __ Major/Minor on the sheet music) I'd be hard put to answer them except to tell them perhaps how many flats or sharps (and which ones), until recently, and I realize now how important knowing chords and key signatures can be, especially in a group setting. Playing ukulele, I love the diminished chords I find in Brazilian music, like in Desafinado (love playing that one on violin too) (: