A double flat

The double flat (𝄫) lowers a note by a whole step, and looks like two flats glued together. Here is an example using double flats. Note that, like double sharp, or any accidentals, a double flat cancel all previous accidentals, and is cancelled by any accidentals.

So they're not like terribly. Difficult but we do have to get used to reading them. And get used to playing them.

And a double flat. Remember n harmonic notes. This b double flat will sound the same as a the e double flat will sound the same as d. And a double flat will sound the same as g.

The musical note "B" preceded by two flat (♭♭) symbols. The effect of each flat symbol (♭) lowers the pitch of the indicated note a semitone (or a half step), so B double flat is the pitch "B" lowered by two semitones (two half steps).

Notice that with the double flat, you actually have two flat notes on the music instead of just the one "x" indicating a double sharp. Just like a double sharp, a double flat will always come right before the note that the double flat is to be applied to.

lower in pitch In music, flat (Italian bemolle for "soft B") means "lower in pitch". Flat is the opposite of sharp, which is a raising of pitch. In musical notation, flat means "lower in pitch by one semitone (half step)", notated using the symbol ♭ which is derived from a stylised lowercase 'b'.

Double flats and sharps usually come about when a composer wants to alter a scale degree that is already sharp or flat. Generally, scales will have unique letter names for each scale degree. Most diatonic scales have 7 scale degrees (numbered from 1 to 7), using a different letter name at each degree.

The double flat symbol - 𝄫 - lowers a pitch two half steps, or a whole step. The natural symbol - ♮ - cancels out any other accidentals that may have occurred earlier in a measure or in Major Key Signatures or Minor Key Signatures.

Lower or a whole step lower which is the same as two half steps. So if you had a c double flat you would go down. The one half step. And the second half step.

It's used when the composer needs to lower a node that has already been lowered with a flat in the key signature. For instance if the key signature is a flat major the composer needs to alter E flat.

These 2-notes-in-one are called enharmonic equivalents because they sound the same - indeed, they are the same note - they just go by different names depending on the situation. G# is the same as Ab, C# is the same as Db, F# is the same as Gb, and so on.

A double whole note is commonly represented by a hollow oval note head, like a whole note, with one or two vertical lines on either side. A double whole note is the second-longest note value still in use in modern music.