Jazz musicians often like to use tritone substitutions.
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Tritone
//ˈtɹaɪˌtəʊ̯n//
Synonyms for "tritone" (18 found)
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Strong matches (5)
Noun(3 words)
Related words (9)
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Synonyms
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3 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 15 languages.
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 三全音 noun (an interval of three whole tones)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 三全音 noun (an interval of three whole tones)
Czech
1 entries- tritón noun (an interval of three whole tones)
Dutch
1 entries- tritonus noun (an interval of three whole tones)
Finnish
1 entries- tritonus noun (an interval of three whole tones)
French
1 entries- triton noun (an interval of three whole tones)
Galician
1 entries- trítono noun (an interval of three whole tones)
German
1 entries- Tritonus noun (an interval of three whole tones)
Italian
1 entries- tritono noun (an interval of three whole tones)
Polish
1 entries- tryton noun (an interval of three whole tones)
Portuguese
1 entries- trítono noun (an interval of three whole tones)
Romanian
1 entries- triton noun (an interval of three whole tones)
Russian
1 entries- трито́н noun (an interval of three whole tones)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- triton noun (an interval of three whole tones)
- tritonus noun (an interval of three whole tones)
Spanish
1 entries- trítono noun (an interval of three whole tones)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Near-synonyms: augmented fourth, diminished fifth
Source: wiktionary
The tritone has a pitch ratio close to 17:12.
Source: wiktionary
The mini-epic “Seasons in the Abyss,” with its ringing tritone interval at the beginning, its extended solos, its medium tempo, was as close as Slayer got to a groove.
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