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Also 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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Wikidata facts

Subclass of
interval
Has part
semitone
Followed by
perfect fifth
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short name
TT
Commons category
Tritones
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