tritone
Sign in to saveAlso known as semidiapente, diminished fifth, the Devil’s interval, augmented fourth
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. { \override Score.TimeSignature 'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \time 4/4 \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 1 = 20 1 | f4 g a b } } In 12-tone-equal temperament, the tritone divides the octave (which is 12 semitones or 1200 cents) exactly in half, making it six semitones, or 600 cents.
Key facts
- Interval.main_interval_name
- tritone
- Interval.inverse
- tritone
- Interval.complement
- tritone
- Interval.other_names
- augmented fourth, diminished fifth, the Devil’s interval (obscure)
- Interval.abbreviation
- TT, A4, d5
- Interval.semitones
- 6
- Interval.tones
- 3
- Interval.interval_class
- 6
- Interval.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
- Interval.cents_equal_temperament
- 600
- Interval.cents_just_intonation
- Pythagorean: 612, 588 5-limit: 569, 631; 590, 610 7-limit: 583, 617 13-limit: 563, 637
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17 sectionsContents
- Definition
- Dissonance and expressiveness
- In tonal music
- In major and minor scales
- In tonal harmony
- Historical uses
- Classical music
- Medieval and Rennaissance periods
- Common practice period
- 20th century music
- Popular music
- Different tuning systems
- Eleventh harmonic
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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.
{ \override Score.TimeSignature 'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \time 4/4 \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 1 = 20 1 | f4 g a b } }