Editing Double stop (section)

===Notation===

In longer three-note or four-note chords, either the top note or the top two notes are sustained after the lower notes have been played as grace notes.<ref>[[Walter Piston]] (1955), ''Orchestration'', W. W. Norton, 55.</ref> Sometimes the noteheads for the lower notes are filled in to show they are of short duration while the noteheads for the notes to be held are left open. This notation occurs, for example, at the beginning of the fourth movement of [[Beethoven's fifth symphony]].<ref>Ludwig van Beethoven, ed. [[Elliot Forbes]] (1971), ''Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Norton Critical Scores'', W. W. Norton, 68.</ref>

Simultaneous notes in a single part for an orchestral string section may be played as multiple stops or the individual notes may be distributed among the players within the section. Where the latter is intended, ''[[divisi]]'' or ''div.'' is written above the staff.<ref>[[George Heussenstamm]] (1987), ''The Norton Manual of Music Notation'', W. W. Norton, 117.</ref>