double flat

noun

, Music.

1. a symbol () that lowers the pitch of the note following it by two semitones.
2. a note or tone marked or affected by such a symbol.

double flat

noun

1. music
   1. an accidental that lowers the pitch of the following note two semitones Usual symbol
   2. a note affected by this accidental

adjective

1. postpositive denoting a note of a given letter name lowered in pitch by two semitones

Example Sentences

Notice that you can't avoid double sharps or double flats by writing the note on a different space or line.

From Literature

“Come in, Antonio,” says the tenant of the double flat,—the one with two rooms,—“come and keep Christmas.”

From Project Gutenberg

"Single and double flats," "open plumbing," "tiled vestibule," "uniformed hall service," and other stock terms, came trippingly from her tongue.

From Project Gutenberg

"Come in, Antonio," says the tenant of the double flat,—the one with two rooms,—"come and keep Christmas."

From Project Gutenberg

Not only all the natural or diatonic notes are regarded as belonging to a key, but also all the chromatics, the sharps and flats, and the double sharps and double flats.

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