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Use of Double Sharps

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    • 28 September 2020 at 1:55 pm EDT #37581

      Clark Murray
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      I\’m playing a piano arrangement in B Major which frequently uses this chord: B# dim7. The chord is spelled like this: B# D(#) F(#) An. I don\’t understand why the spelling shouldn\’t be with a G##. For example, another commonly used chord in this arrangement is B+. This chord is spelled as B D(#) F##. Note: Since I can\’t find the proper symbols to display here, I am using the following substitutions: () to show chords which are implied by the key signature. n for natural. ## for double sharps.

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