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
He asked if I’d heard of the Devil’s interval, the tritone: a combination of notes that create a brooding, menacing dissonance.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 2, 2019
The ‘diabolical’ sound produced by F and B, a distance known as a tritone, is likewise produced by pairing Bt and E, E and A#, C and Gl>, and all the other possible tritones.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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