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Definition of Double flat
1. Noun. A musical notation of two flats in front of a note indicating that it is to be lowered by two semitones.
Definition of Double flat
1. Noun. (music) an accidental that indicates that a note should be played a whole step lower ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Double Flat
Literary usage of Double flat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Music Notation and Terminology by Karl Wilson Gehrkens (1914)
"Similarly, a double-flat causes the staff degree on which it is placed to represent
a pitch one whole-step lower than it would without any flat. ..."
2. Elson's Music Dictionary: Containing the Definition and Pronunciation of by Louis Charles Elson (1905)
"The natural, or cancel, can annul the effect of a double sharp or a double flat,
but if we desire a note to be flatted, after using a double flat, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889) by Eminent Writers by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1879)
"These are the double flat, written bb, (or sometimes in old music a large b or a
... The double sharp and double flat are never employed in the signature, ..."
4. The Story of Musical Form by Clarence Lucas (1908)
"Now let us return to the same C and tune down in perfect fifths till we come to
D double flat:— C—F—B flat—E flat—A flat—D flat—G flat—C flat —F flat—B ..."
5. Progressive Music Lessons: A Course Instruction Prepared for the Use of by George Brace Loomis (1885)
"In the next transposition we have the scale of B-double-flat, ... The tenth gives
the key of E-double-flat, with four flats and three double-flats. ..."
6. Elements of Notation and Harmony: With Fifty-eight Exercises for Use in by Ludwig Bussler (1890)
"A Double-flat before a note lowers it by a whole tone. ... of the tone the word
double-flat, thus: c-double- flat, b-double-flat, a-double-flat, etc. 32. ..."
7. A Dictionary of Two Thousand Italian, French, German, English, and Other by James Alexander Hamilton (1842)
"Thus we have C natural, C sharp, C flat, and, at times, C double sharp and C
double flat. In France and Italy these notes would respectively be called do ..."
8. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1880)
"These are the double flat, written bb, (or sometimes in old music a large b or
a Greek 0), and the double sharp, written yf, $, 0, or more commonly X. The ..."
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