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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. postpositive denoting a note of a given letter name lowered in pitch by two semitones
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

What is the meaning of the sharps on the E and B line, and of a double-flat?

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

Next to Worksop Abbey, almost demolished; the church has a double flat tower entire, and a pretty gate.

As the single-flat lowers a note by a half-tone, so a double-flat lowers it by two half-tones or a full tone.

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