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Musical term sometimes called the devil's interval
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tritone
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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 ...
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.