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.

Generic synonyms: Sharp

Definition of Double sharp

1. Noun. (music) an accidental that indicates that a note should be played a whole step higher ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Double Sharp

double quote
double quotes
double quotidian fever
double reed
double refraction
double replacement reaction
double replacement reactions
double reverse
double rhyme
double room
double rooms
double salt
double saucepan
double scull
double sculls
double sharp
double sharps
double sheet bend
double space
double spaced
double stain
double standard
double standards
double star
double star system
double star systems
double stars
double steal
double steals

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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