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Interval known as "the devil in music" on account of its unsettling sound
Answer for the clue "Interval known as "the devil in music" on account of its unsettling sound ", 7 letters:
tritone
Alternative clues for the word tritone
- Dark interval heard in "Enter Sandman" and the "Simpsons" theme
- Musical term sometimes called the devil's interval
- Interval of three whole steps
- Augmented fourth
- Musical interval also called an augmented fourth
- Musical interval of three whole steps
- Three-whole-step 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.]
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.