tritone
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tritone
1600–10; < Medieval Latin tritonus < Greek trítonos having three tones. See tri-, tone
Example Sentences
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The tritone in ‘Maria’ is part of an expression, not a famous motif.”
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2021
The first auction will feature iconic works such as Warhol's silkscreen portraits of Marilyn Monroe, an enormous tritone painting by Mark Rothko, and a seascape by Gerhard Richter.
From Reuters • Sep. 9, 2021
The song also relies on an interval called the tritone.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2020
Pictures that seem undistinguished in the tritone reproductions of the catalog are compelling in the originals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2018
Both are six half-steps, or three whole tones, so another term for this interval is a tritone.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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