double sharp

Well it does what it sounds like it sharps the note twice meaning. You move two half steps higher than the letter named note or to piano keys to the right. So instead of C.

An accidental symbol (𝄪) placed to the left of a note indicating that the note is to be raised by two half steps (two semitones). The double sharp symbol alters the pitch of the note to which it is attached as well as any subsequent occurrence of the same note (identical line or space) in the same measure.

Sometimes it becomes necessary to use double sharps or double flats in order to notate the music logically adhering to the scale the piece is based upon. (for more information on this subject watch our video on E sharps and C flats).

The double sharp raises a note one whole step and it looks like a mix between an 'x' and a star. Normal sharps are used in key signatures and as accidentals, but double sharps are mainly used as accidentals only.

When you see a double sharp in your music, you simply add a semitone/ half step to the original note. For example - if you have a double sharp in front of a C, you would first move up a half step to C# and then one more, to C double sharp, or what you already know as D. It's the same for flats.

key of D Major The key of D Major has two sharps; thus, its numeric value is 2. The key of E Major has four sharps - a numeric value of 4. The key of G Major has one sharp.

In this example, you can see the notes of the D Major scale written without a key signature. Next to it is the very same notes using the key signature for D Major - 2 sharps. That means every F and C you encounter in the music are to be played as F# and C#. All key signatures work the same way.

Double accidentals raise or lower the pitch of a note by two semitones, an innovation developed as early as 1615. This applies to the written note, ignoring key signature. An F with a double sharp applied raises it a whole step so it is enharmonically equivalent to a G.

key of D Major The key of D Major has two sharps; thus, its numeric value is 2. The key of E Major has four sharps - a numeric value of 4.

When you see a double sharp in your music, you simply add a semitone/ half step to the original note. For example - if you have a double sharp in front of a C, you would first move up a half step to C# and then one more, to C double sharp, or what you already know as D. It's the same for flats.

The musical note "B" preceded a double sharp (𝄪) symbol. The effect of the double sharp symbol raises the pitch of the indicated note by two semitones (two half steps). The resultant pitch would sound the same as the pitch "C sharp".

D major (or the key of D) is a major scale based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, F♯, G, A, B, and C♯. Its key signature has two sharps. Its relative minor is B minor and its parallel minor is D minor.