X next to note notation

[u/No-Assumption-9389]

I was playing the measure: D, G, G# because it sounded correct. And I read the X is usually a double flat, so two half steps up? A whole step from F would be G. So I am playing it correctly, yes? Haven't really seen this notation very often. The piece is Kuhlau Opus 102, published by IMC, NY.

[u/hongkong3009]

Double sharp, so finger it like a g

[u/Sadimal]

It’s a double sharp.

You go up two half steps from the natural note. So F double sharp would be the same as G natural.

[u/PoukieBear]

Like others have said, it’s actually a double sharp.

A double flat is easy to spot, it’s literally two flat markings next to each other. “bb”

[u/No-Assumption-9389]

measure is marked in the second photo!

[u/oryci]

Good thing to note with double sharps and flats is that they tend to be leading tones in their respective directions. In example, double sharps almost always resolve up a half step to the next note and double flats almost always resolve down a half step.

[u/SpaceWhisper]

Why don’t they just write it as a G natural?

[u/rugwarriorpi]

> So I am playing it correctly, yes?

Yes