Definitions
A tritone (abbreviation: TT) is traditionally defined as a musical interval composed of three whole tones. As the symbol for whole tone is T, this definition may be also written as follows:
- TT = T+T+T
Only if the three tones are of the same size (which is not the case for many tuning systems) can this formula be simplified to:
- TT = 3T
This definition, however, has two different interpretations (broad and strict).
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