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Augmented fourth
Answer for the clue "Augmented fourth ", 7 letters:
tritone
Alternative clues for the word tritone
- Musical interval also called an augmented fourth
- Musical term sometimes called the devil's interval
- Interval of three whole steps
- Three-whole-step interval
- Musical interval aka augmented fourth
- Interval known as "the devil in music" on account of its unsettling sound
- Three-note musical interval
- Interval for players performing in dull setting
Word definitions for tritone in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tritone \Tri"tone`\, n. [Gr. tri`tonos of three tones; tri- tri- + to`nos a tone.] (Mus.) A superfluous or augmented fourth. [R.]
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
In music theory , the tritone is strictly defined as a musical interval composed of three adjacent whole tones . For instance, the interval from F up to the B above it (in short, F–B) is a tritone as it can be decomposed into the three adjacent whole tones ...
Usage examples of tritone.
Diana Deutsch, which is that the ambiguity in perception of direction of tritone intervals between Shepard tones is a function of absolute pitch modulo octaves, with the function being different for different individuals.
Conquering the skittish entrances and squashing some unscored tritones, we flew along well.