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Three-note musical interval
Answer for the clue "Three-note musical interval ", 7 letters:
tritone
Alternative clues for the word tritone
- Musical interval also called an augmented fourth
- Three-whole-step interval
- Interval for players performing in dull setting
- A musical interval
- Musical interval: tenor struggles with it
- Interval known as "the devil in music" on account of its unsettling sound
- Augmented fourth
- Musical term sometimes called the devil's interval
Word definitions for tritone in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context music English) An interval of three whole tones.
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.]
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.