Mar 24, 2021 · I'm interested in learning more of the Devil's interval: how it originated, some of its uses and what exactly about the interval of a diminished fifth makes it sound ominous?

Dec 22, 2015 · A tritone is simply an interval of three tones. So we can say that a note an interval of a tritone above the root could have the same frequency as a 'blue note' played between the fourth and fifth. That's not to say that a tritone above the root is a blue fifth though - blue notes are more complex than that.

I have heard that modulating by diminished fifth/tritone is the hardest of all modulations. Interestingly my non-musician husband has just composed a tune with a smooth tritone modulation (ie. fro...

In the key of C major, for example, the tritone occurs between an F (the fourth scale-degree) and a B (the seventh scale-degree). Now, because there are 12 different major keys and only six different tritones, the tritones are doubled up: the same tritone will serve two different major keys. So, what major key does C major share a tritone with?

Feb 18, 2023 · What is tritone substitution? How can this device be applied to improvisation and composition?

May 19, 2020 · As JohnBelzaguy explains, there's no substitution happening because the Ab7 isn't replacing anything. The Ab7 is a passing chord, and that's the best way to think about it. It's not meant to replace the function of the Dmin. However, in jazz, it's not unheard of to perform tritone substitutions with minor chords.

Apr 25, 2015 · Generally, in Blues and jazz, the oft-used tritone (C to F#/Gb) is referred to as a b5. Why is this a better term than #4? In the Blues scale, there will always be two notes of the same name, but w...

Jan 11, 2022 · A fifth is a ratio of 1.5, and 1.5 is the middle between 1 and 2. A tritone is exactly in the center of my 12 notes. Stacking two tritones leads to an octave. Adding 1 + 0.5 + 0.5 leads me to the next octave as well. So why are tritones and fifths not the same?

Jan 27, 2023 · A tritone is in fact an interval of three whole tones, so an augmented 4th. A diminished fifth is not technically a true tritone (although it is the complementing interval of a true tritone), but enharmonically it is the same interval. And this is sufficient for modern practise to consider a diminished fifth to be tritone.

Aug 17, 2021 · Imagine the following progression: C F D♭ 7 C We typically just explain that third chord as a tritone substitution—and we stop there!—but this must be maddening for beginners, because we aren't actively explaining what it's a tritone substitution of. Is there a common labeling system that explains what's being substituted? Instead of just labeling that chord, say, "TTS," …