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   From: odysseus1479-at@yahoo-dot.com   
      
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    Phineas T Puddleduck  wrote:   
      
   > In article ,   
   >  Doc Smartass  wrote:   
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   > > The church forbade the "tritone" (perfect fourth) because it was the   
   > > devil's sound.   
   >   
   > The tritone is the augmented fourth (or flattened fifth) ;-)   
      
   Correct, but ITYF "diminished fifth" is the preferred term for the   
   alternative. ;)   
      
   The tritone is so called because it comprises three whole tones -- six   
   semitones or half an octave. In the well-tempered scale the higher   
   frequency is the square root of 2 times the lower. OTOH the perfect   
   fourth comprises five semitones, with a frequency ratio of 4:3   
   (well-tempered 2^(5/12) ~= 1.3348). Tritones occur in diminished triads   
   (with the minor third) and diminished-seventh chords.   
      
   Diminished triads can be found in the songs "Michelle" (Paul) and   
   "Because" (John), among others.   
      
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