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Tritone meaning

An interval of three whole tones.

Using Tritone

  • The main meaning on this page is: An interval of three whole tones.
  • In the example corpus, tritone often appears in combinations such as: and tritone, tritone the, tritone is.

Context around Tritone

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

del 1× dissonant 1× term 1× dreaded 1×

Often after:

vicinity 1×

Sentence patterns with Tritone

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a tritone the interval 1× and a tritone is the 1× by the tritone 1× by the tritone the minor 1× mode a tritone would result 1× the dissonant tritone or flatted 1× the dreaded tritone 1× the term tritone is sometimes 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a 25 year 1× a tritone the 1× also ditone and 1× every pitch in 1× for typical spectral 1× hoppin 1978 p 1×

Common sentence endings:

a burned arm 1× all tuning systems 1× as a glissando 1× augmented fourth a4 1× bebop joachim berendt 1× by the tritone 1×

Words around Tritone

Just before it in the word index:

triton 145 trito 3 tritiya 8 tritium 104 triticum 4 triticale 7

Just after it in the word index:

tritones 2 tritonis 2 tritons 58 tritt 11 trittico 2 trittin 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanholt 13 aardwolf 13 abati 13 abbeville 13 abcc 13 abelard 13

Corpus analysis for Tritone

  • In this selection, "tritone" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, del, dissonant, term and vicinity stand out and add context to how "tritone" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a tritone the interval and and a tritone is the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "tritone" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with tritone

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

This made it much easier to avoid the dreaded tritone. (10 words)

The term Tritone is sometimes used more strictly as a synonym of augmented fourth (A4). (15 words)

If either of them paralleled an original chant for too long (depending on the mode) a tritone would result. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

A tritone (the interval of the fourth step to the seventh step of the major scale, i.e., F to B) sounds very dissonant alone, but less so within the context of a dominant seventh chord (G7 or D 7 in that example). (43 words)

For typical spectral envelopes in the central range, the second roughest interval is the major second and minor seventh, followed by the tritone, the minor third ( major sixth ), the major third ( minor sixth ) and the perfect fourth (fifth). (38 words)

Hoppin (1978), p. 66. The inclusion of this tone has several uses, but one that seems particularly common is in order to avoid melodic difficulties caused, once again, by the tritone. (31 words)

Example sentences (10)

A 25-year-old shop worker in the Via del Tritone vicinity needed medical treatment, though, for a burned arm.

Also ditone and semiditone are specific for Pythagorean tuning, while tone and tritone are used generically for all tuning systems.

A tritone (the interval of the fourth step to the seventh step of the major scale, i.e., F to B) sounds very dissonant alone, but less so within the context of a dominant seventh chord (G7 or D 7 in that example).

Every pitch in a glissando must have the same harmonic number, and a tritone is the largest interval that can be performed as a glissando.

For typical spectral envelopes in the central range, the second roughest interval is the major second and minor seventh, followed by the tritone, the minor third ( major sixth ), the major third ( minor sixth ) and the perfect fourth (fifth).

Hoppin (1978), p. 66. The inclusion of this tone has several uses, but one that seems particularly common is in order to avoid melodic difficulties caused, once again, by the tritone.

If either of them paralleled an original chant for too long (depending on the mode) a tritone would result.

New forms of chromaticism and dissonance were introduced into jazz, and the dissonant tritone (or "flatted fifth") interval became the "most important interval of bebop" Joachim Berendt.

The term Tritone is sometimes used more strictly as a synonym of augmented fourth (A4).

This made it much easier to avoid the dreaded tritone.

Common combinations with tritone

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "tritone" in a sentence?
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What does "tritone" mean?
Tritone means: An interval of three whole tones.
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