Piano Forum



New Piano Piece by Chopin Discovered – Free Piano Score
A previously unknown manuscript by Frédéric Chopin has been discovered at New York’s Morgan Library and Museum. The handwritten score is titled “Valse” and consists of 24 bars of music in the key of A minor and is considered a major discovery in the wold of classical piano music. Read more >>

Topic: Double Sharp Question  (Read 1693 times)

Offline joyeux

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 8
Double Sharp Question
on: April 01, 2016, 01:02:13 AM
I'm working on the first movement of Moonlight Sonata and one note is confusing me. In measure 27 there's a double sharp on F. But since F is sharp, does the double sharp make it a G# or is it double sharp from F natural to G natural?
Sign up for a Piano Street membership to download this piano score.
Sign up for FREE! >>

Offline chopinlover01

  • PS Silver Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 2118
Re: Double Sharp Question
Reply #1 on: April 01, 2016, 01:13:12 AM
Accidentals are absolute, not relative. If it's a double sharp next to an F, it's an F double sharp (enharmonic equivalent of G natural). Accidentals will always override the key signature.

Offline ekolo

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 6
Re: Double Sharp Question
Reply #2 on: April 01, 2016, 01:13:56 AM
The note would be "G"
F sharp is raised by a semi tone (step)
F double sharp is raised by a whole tone (two semitones)

:)

Offline brogers70

  • PS Silver Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 1702
Re: Double Sharp Question
Reply #3 on: April 01, 2016, 02:33:40 PM
Accidentals are absolute, not relative. If it's a double sharp next to an F, it's an F double sharp (enharmonic equivalent of G natural). Accidentals will always override the key signature.

That's true for almost everything a pianist would want to play. In early Baroque music (e.g. Schutz), though, it is not uncommon for accidentals to be relative, e.g. a sharp sign before a B in the key of G minor turns the B into a B natural, rather than a B sharp.

Offline visitor

  • PS Silver Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 5294
Re: Double Sharp Question
Reply #4 on: April 01, 2016, 04:34:37 PM
when in doubt analyze the written and implied harmony, this is a good way to spot editorial and print errors in some of the less than perfect editions out there.

Offline joyeux

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 8
Re: Double Sharp Question
Reply #5 on: April 04, 2016, 06:05:07 PM
Thank you for your help!!!
For more information about this topic, click search below!
 

Logo light pianostreet.com - the website for classical pianists, piano teachers, students and piano music enthusiasts.

Subscribe for unlimited access

Sign up

Follow us

Piano Street Digicert