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Tritone substitutions and altered dominants are nearly identical... en.wikipedia.org

The song is widely known for its use of the melodic interval of a tritone in the main theme. en.wikipedia.org

The notes of at all form the tritone and lead into the choir's formal resolution. en.wikipedia.org

Consequently, in this context the above-mentioned decomposition of the tritone into six semitones is typically not allowed. en.wikipedia.org

Often, police sirens also use the interval of a tritone to help draw attention. en.wikipedia.org

Accidentals are rare, and somewhat unsystematically used, often to avoid the tritone. en.wikipedia.org

This made it much easier to avoid the dreaded tritone. en.wikipedia.org

Tritone substitutions are also closely related to the altered chord used commonly in jazz. en.wikipedia.org

The composition starts with a tritone played by the winds. en.wikipedia.org

In tritone substitution, a dominant chord is replaced by another dominant chord a tritone above its tonic. en.wikipedia.org

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