Double Flat in Greensleeves?

[unknown-user]

Hello!

What is a double flat? I found out greensleeves is often played in natural minor scale, when it should be played in melodic minor.

Melodic minor looks like this apparently:
D♭ Melodic Minor (Ascending + Descending) = D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭ A♭ B♭ C D♭ C♭ B A♭ G♭ F♭ E♭ D♭

So my first question is, what is that B thing? Double flat, right? Not sure how to work that into the harp. I’m guessing its where I would turn a lever up and tune it to a flat. Then I’d lower the lever and it would be even flatter? So double flat?

Second question is, how the heck do I tune the harp? There are 15 notes right there. My harp goes 2 Cs below middle C. I’m very confused on how to procede.

I have 2 harps, so I just want to tune one to play like the original greensleeves was played. Thanks for the help!

[Briggsie B. Peawiggle]

Why does it have to be in db minor? Why couldn’t you just play it in d minor? And why “should” it be played in melodic minor? I’m not sure leading tones were really popular yet when the tune was originally used.

[jennifer-buehler]

I would definitely not tune your harp to Db.

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