Grade 4 – Double Sharps & Flats

At grade 4 you will be expected to recognise, understand and utilise double sharps and double flats. In a nutshell:

• Double sharps (represented as a little ‘x’ on the stave) raise a note by a tone (or whole step)
• Double flats (represented as ‘bb’ on the stave) lower a note by a tone (or a whole step)

The following video explains all types of accidentals: sharps, flats, naturals, double sharps/flats. If you are only interested in learning about double sharps and flats then you can start the video at 7mins 20secs.

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