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RE: X and bb

Author: allencole
Date: 2001-11-04 18:11

You're mostly going to find double sharps in keys with four or more sharps in the key signature, and double flats in keys with four or more flats in the key signature. They help to make a clearer melodic picture in passages with chromatic neighboring tones and a clearer chordal picture in passages with altered chords or arpeggios.

Specifically:
Double sharps are often used for chromatic lower neighbors in very sharp keys. Double flats are often used for chromatic upper neighbors in very flat keys. Because chromatic upper neighbors are rarer than chromatic lower neighbors, you far more double sharps than double flats.

Double flats will be more common in block chords and arpeggio-laced passages in flat keys because they help to preserve the spelling (and thus the legibility) of dominant, minor and altered chords.

More than you probably wanted to know, but I hope it helps...

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