Markings on music

[guitarwolf]

can someone tell me what the x means on the music??? Songs such as Fantasy impromptu, 1st bar for right hand. I never saw this anywhere else yet and dont know what it means. THNX!

[dreamaurora]

Double sharp, increase the value of the note by a tone. so for example C# becom D# or C become D.

[ThEmUsIcMaNBJ]

It's a double sharp, there are double flats as well that are indicated by "bb"...  Don't ask me why Double sharp isn't written "##" maybe it's too big and messy or something...  Even though I think I've seen it written like that before.  

Anyways a double sharp indicated by an "x" means to raise the original note by two half steps or by one whole step so the g double sharp your talking about is enharmonic to an A or is the same as an A.  Because it's just a G raised by two half steps...  

Ignore this last thing if you already get it.  Something it doesn't mean is to raise it a whole step after the key signature so the key says G is sharp does that mean you raise G# by a whole step?  No it's just the G...

Double flat "bb" is the same thing just you lower the note by two half steps...  

Hope I helped!

[chopinetta]

how can you be taking up fantasie-impromptu already but had never seen such marking as a double-sharp? are you on a self-study??

[JTownley]

 Chopinetta makes an excellent point, Guitar. I think a good primer in music theory and harmony would be just what the doctor ordered.

[guitarwolf]

Sorry but I cant afford lessons right now and am teaching myself how to play and read the music. Thnx for the info though. I knew what everything else meant except for those signs. If any of you know any good sites that would explain advanced symbols or notes please leave a link. Thnx.

[88keys]

Chopinetta,

Perhaps Guitar wants to be able to read the music even though he isn't actually thinking of playing it right now?

[guitarwolf]

I was looking for a hard piece to practice and this was perfect I thought, gonna take me a while but I always aim high. Just got done learning fur elise and wanted something alot harder and found it.

[Andrew]

Yes..  learning notation as you go isn't all that unreasonable.  There isn't that much of it to know, and it isn't hard to store in memory once you encounter it.  I doubt, for instance, that he'll ever forget what the 'x' means after now.

Mastering the passage takes quite a bit longer than figuring out which notes to play, after all.

[chopinetta]

okay, i understand now, guitarwolf, you are self-learning. when i was also self-learning mozart's turkish march years ago i didn't know what those baby notes were. they're actually the grace notes! gee

[guitarwolf]

can anyone tell me what the marking in chopin waltz op 34 no 2 is in the 4th line 24th bar for the right hand?
It sounds like a trill, but am not sure cause its marked odd.

[allchopin]

probably a tremolo- play the note real fast, plus the one above it in the scal, then the note again (all real fast, sounding like duh-duh-duhhh