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Tritone

In music theory, a tritone is a musical interval spanning three whole tones. For instance, the interval from F to the B above it (in short, F–B) is a tritone as it can be decomposed into the three adjacent whole tones F–G, G–A, and A–B.

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Abbreviation
TT, A4, d5
Equal temperament
600
Interval class
6
Inverse
tritone
Just interval
Pythagorean: 729:512, 1024:729 5-limit: 25:18, 36:25; 45:32, 64:45 7-limit: 7:5, 10:7 13-limit: 13:9, 18:13
Just intonation
Pythagorean: 612, 588 5-limit: 569, 631; 590, 610 7-limit: 583, 617 13-limit: 563, 637

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Dissonance and expressiveness

In tonal music

Historical uses

Different tuning systems

Eleventh harmonic

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Tritone

Nodes172
Edges171
Triples88
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011628
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Tritone

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related to Popular music · 30
Tritone → According, As Timothy Judd, Beatles, Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath's, Blue Jay Way, Cool, Dave Moskowitz, Gee, George Harrison, Have, Hendrix, If, It, It's, Jimi Hendrix's, Leonard Bernstein, Love, Maria, Music
related to Eleventh harmonic · 12
Tritone → Brahms's First Symphony, Britten's Serenade, C1, F4, For, Horn, Ivan Wyschnegradsky, Pythagorean, Strings, Tenor, The, This
related to In tonal harmony · 8
Tritone → Diminished, Dominant, French, German, Half-diminished, In, Other, The Italian
related to Further reading · 7
Tritone → Amazon Digital Services, ASIN, B008FRWNIW, DOG EAR Tritone Substitution, Inc, Jazz Guitar, Ken
related to Definition · 6
Tritone → A4, By, For, The, There, Under
related to External links · 5
Tritone → BBC News Magazine, January, Shepard Tones, Wayback Machine, Will Hodgkinson
is a · 3
Tritone → harmonic and melodic dissonance and tritones in chords push toward resolution, musical interval spanning three whole tones, restless interval
related to Different tuning systems · 2
Tritone → In, This
see also · 2
Tritone → List, Unequal
Abbreviation · 1
Tritone → TT, A4, d5

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diminished augmented fifth interval fourth minor music tritones scale major chords octave cents seventh just resolution one tones also third

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
TritoneAbbreviationTT, A4, d51.00infobox
TritoneEqual temperament6001.00infobox
TritoneInterval class61.00infobox
TritoneInversetritone1.00infobox
TritoneJust intervalPythagorean: 729:512, 1024:729 5-limit: 25:18, 36:25; 45:32, 64:45 7-limit: 7:5, 10:7 13-limit: 13:9, 18:131.00infobox
TritoneJust intonationPythagorean: 612, 588 5-limit: 569, 631; 590, 610 7-limit: 583, 617 13-limit: 563, 6371.00infobox
TritoneOther namesaugmented fourth, diminished fifth, the Devil’s interval (obscure)1.00infobox
TritoneSemitones61.00infobox
Tritoneis amusical interval spanning three whole tones0.90text
Tritoneis aharmonic and melodic dissonance and tritones in chords push toward resolution0.90text
Tritoneis arestless interval0.90text
Ugolino d'Orvietoinstance ofLater theorists0.80text

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