double flat

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   a musical notation of two flats in front of a note indicating that it is to be lowered by two semitones

   Broaderflat

Questions about double flat

What does double flat mean?

double flat means "a musical notation of two flats in front of a note indicating that it is to be lowered by two semitones".

Is double flat a common word?

double flat is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.