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Other issues

[ Discuss other unnamed issues here. -Wikid77 ]

is Db a good key for vibraphone played wit four mallets? -15Oct2005

7 different notes in a scale, hence only 7 flats in D flat minor (tonic and octave are same). -15May07

No. D-flat minor contains six flats and a double-flat (on B

). Hence, it has 6 + 2 = 8 flats. Double sharp (talk) 08:41, 3 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not erase any more songs appropriate for this list. Cbsteffen

Could you please add more to...

... this sentence?

" ... making it less convenient to use.'

Convenient in what sense? Too much clutter in the score? Sdgard (talk) 03:37, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Double-sharps and double-flats are not normally used in key signatures; in some cases (like selection in software) it may not be immediately possible even to use them. So it's inconvenient. It is hard to think of more to say that would really help. Imaginatorium (talk) 03:58, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]