tritone definition
In music theory, the tritone is defined as a musical interval composed of three adjacent whole tones. For instance, the interval from F up to the B above it is a tritone as it can be decomposed into the three adjacent whole tones FâG, GâA, and AâB. According to this definition, within a diatonic scale there is only one tritone for each octave. For instance, the above-mentioned interval FâB is the only tritone formed from the notes of the C major scale. A tritone is also commonly ...