It is called double-sharp because it is 2 half-tone(s) / semitone(s) up from the white note after which is is named - note G. One glance at the keyboard tells us that we would have to raise it twice, and call it B double sharp. The Double-Sharp in Music Notation A double-sharp is an accidental for a note that has two  sharps, meaning the original note is raised by two half-steps (also called  semitones). The double-sharp symbol resembles a bold letter " x " and is placed before a notehead, similar to other accidentals. Another name for G## is A, which has the same note pitch / sound, which means that the two note names are enharmonic to each other. Asked in Jobs & Education, Scales and Key Signatures What is the enharmonic of a G flat ? So yes, this does work; B double sharp is another enharmonic for C#/Db. You can also see the enharmonic equivalents on the clarinet by viewing the fingering chart. To understand why the G-double-sharp major scale has 6 double-sharps, 1 triple-sharp, have a look at the G## major scale page, which shows how to identify the note positions and names for this scale.. G-double-sharp harmonic minor key signature. G-sharp major is a theoretical key based on the musical note G ♯, consisting of the pitches G ♯, A ♯, B ♯, C ♯, D ♯, E ♯ and F## ().

Single sharp signs usually point to black keys, but for double sharps, they often point to white or natural piano keys. Double Sharps The sharp symbol (#) raises the pitch of a note by a semitone (or "half step"). So rather than use this scale, the key signature of its enharmonic scale - A major key signature will be used below. G double sharp is a very clumsy way of saying (enharmonically) "A natural". These enharmonic equivalents can be seen easily by looking at a piano keyboard. The most we can have is double flats and double sharps. Enharmonic equivalents are often used when we change key within a piece. D# is one semitone higher than D, and F# is one semitone higher than F. Double sharps raise the pitch of a note by two semitones (or a "whole step"), and the double sharp is printed as a sort of fancy cross, like this: F sharp and G flat are "enharmonic equivalents". A piano keyboard showing all the enharmonic notes.

Although G-sharp major is usually notated as the enharmonic key of A-flat major, because A-flat major has only four flats as opposed to G-sharp major's eight sharps (including the F), it does appear as a secondary key area in several works in sharp keys, most notably in the Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major from Johann Sebastian Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1. F sharp is the enharmonic. The table below lists the enharmonic equivalents for the notes in the chromatic scale, some of which are more common than others. A '##' or 'bb' (double sharp or double flat) is a note which already has an accent in its name, but which has been further accented. Its key signature has six sharps and one double sharp. F sharp = G flat G sharp = A flat A sharp = B flat.

The letter name E, though, will not work, because it would be E triple flat, which does not exist.