noun
- plural of tritone; musical intervals spanning three whole tones, creating a dissonant sound
Usage: music theory
Examples
- The composer used tritones to create tension in the piece.
- Medieval musicians called tritones the ‘devil’s interval.’
- Jazz musicians frequently employ tritones in their chord progressions.
- The tritones in that passage sound particularly harsh.
- Students learn to identify tritones by their distinctive dissonant quality.
- The song’s bridge features several prominent tritones.