double sharp

noun

, Music.

double sharp

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

immediately postpositive denoting a note of a given letter name raised in pitch by two semitones

(Sometimes also the single sharp or flat will be found by itself, cancelling the double-sharp or double-flat).

The double sharp was felt by him to be unsatisfactory, and was sacrificed.

Then there was the double sharp report of firearms, and nothing more.

A similar instance occurred in the fifth measure, where the Composer called insistently for a double sharp (×).

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