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tritone [Brit ˈtrʌɪtəʊn, Am ˈtraɪtoʊn] N MUS

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

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

Tritone substitutions are sometimes used in improvisationoften to create tension during a solo. en.wikipedia.org

Composers began concerning themselves with harmonic progressions, and also employed the tritone, perceived as an unstable interval, to create dissonance. en.wikipedia.org

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

Thus, the alt chord is equivalent to the tritone substitution with a sharp eleven alteration. en.wikipedia.org

Thus, each note in the harmonic series can be lowered by an interval of up to a 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 half-diminished seventh chord contains the same tritone, while the fully diminished seventh chord is made up of two superposed tritones a minor third apart. en.wikipedia.org

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