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Definition of Tritone
1. n. A superfluous or augmented fourth.
Definition of Tritone
1. Noun. (music) An interval of three whole tones. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tritone
1. a musical interval of three whole tones [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tritone
Literary usage of Tritone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann von Helmholtz (1895)
"His object was to make the tritone perfect, and to make it consist of three new
Tones. Now a tritone F : В consists of 2 major Tones and 1 minor Tone, ..."
2. The Philosophy of Music: Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures by William Pole (1895)
"... tritone. Here some of the beats approach the harsher velocity, and are also
caused by loud notes, the combination being clearly less agreeable than any ..."
3. The Musical World (1888)
"My learned friend, Dr. Bridge, in his admirable Primer, with which many of you
are familiar, in an attempt to overcome an inevitable tritone, directs the ..."
4. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann von Helmholtz (1912)
"Now a tritone F : В consists of 2 major Tones and 1 minor Tone, — that is, 3
minor Tones and 2 commas, or 590-224 cents, J of which is 196-741 cents, ..."
5. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1880)
"As a melodic interval, that if, an interval between two successive notes, the
tritone is indeed hideous ; but as a harmonic interval, an interval between ..."
6. Italy: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1872)
"In the centre the *Fontana del tritone, by Bernini, a Triton blowing on a conch.
On the r. one side of the Palazzo Barberini (p. 129) adjoins the Piazza. ..."
7. A Treatise on Counterpoint & Fugue by Luigi Cherubini, Joseph Bennett (1884)
"The tritone is always, in melody, a false relation, besides being a prohibited
... Relation of the tritone. \ mm Care should be taken to avoid entirely this ..."
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