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Definition of Double sharp
1. Noun. A musical notation of two sharps in front of a note indicating that it is to be raised by two semitones.
Definition of Double sharp
1. Noun. (music) an accidental that indicates that a note should be played a whole step higher ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Double Sharp
Literary usage of Double sharp
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)
"A double-sharp causes the staff degree on which it is placed to represent a pitch
one whole-step higher than it would without any sharp. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889) by Eminent Writers by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1879)
"The double sharp and double flat are never employed in the signature, ... After a
double sharp or flat the cancelling signs are 1]land |jb, which reduce the ..."
3. 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, ..."
4. Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of Music by William Smythe Babcock Mathews, Emil Liebling (1896)
"A double sharp upon A, indicates A- double-sharp, which is enharmonic with B-natural.
A-double-flat is equivalent to G-natural, and so on. ..."
5. Progressive Music Lessons: A Course of Instruction Prepared for the Use of by George Brace Loomis (1885)
"The double sharp is made thus : X. Signature six sharps and one double sharp,
or, eight sharps. Transposing further by fifths, we have the scale of D-sharp, ..."
6. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"Fr. double sharp. Double Drum. Two-headed DRUM. Double Flageolet has two tubes
... double sharp raises a note sharpened in the signature another halftone. ..."
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