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In music theory, the tritone is defined as a musical interval spanning three adjacent whole tones (six semitones). [1] For instance, the interval from F up 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.
Diabolus in Musica is a Latin term for "The Devil in Music" or tritone.Medieval musical rules did not allow this particular dissonance. [11] According to one mythology, the interval was considered sexual and would bring out the devil; Slayer vocalist and bassist Tom Araya jokingly said that people were executed for writing and using the interval.
The solo violin enters playing the tritone, which was known as the diabolus in musica ("the Devil in music") during the Medieval and Baroque eras, consisting of an A and an E ♭ —in an example of scordatura tuning, the violinist's E string has actually been tuned down to an E ♭ to create the dissonant tritone.
Liszt begins and ends the work with an unresolved tritone, a musical interval famous as representing the devil in music, and the music overall is more violently expressive than both its predecessor and Camille Saint-Saëns' Danse macabre, which Liszt had transcribed a few years earlier. [7]
The first theme also heavily uses the tritone (augmented 4th or diminished 5th); this interval was known as the Devil's interval (or "Devil in music") and further reinforces the hellish imagery. The second theme is a beatific chorale in F-sharp major , derived from the first, which represents the joy of those in Heaven. [ 6 ]
Pages in category "The Devil in classical music" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... Tritone; V. Violin Sonata in G minor (Tartini)
The intro consists of the melodic interval of a tritone or diminished (sometimes called flattened) fifth. [31] Historically, this dissonant interval has been referred to as diabolus in musica (literally "Devil in music").
Tritone on C. In that framework, Cuarteto Zupay released its tenth album, La armonía del Diablo (English: The harmony of the Devil). [7] The title of the album, in which the word "Diablo" is used for self-reference, [note 15] has a variety of meanings. The most obvious alludes, almost literally, to the music of Los Zupay.