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    The Unsettling Sound Of Tritones, The Devil's Interval

    In music theory, the tritone is an interval of three whole steps that can sound unresolved and creepy. Over time, the sound has wound up in jazz, rock and even Broadway musicals.
    by Judith Kogan Oct 31, 2017 1 minute
    Frans Francken's <em>Death Playing the Violin. </em>In music theory, the tritone came to be known as the devil's interval.

    Everyone knows the sounds of Halloween: creaky floorboards, howling winds, the amplified sound of a beating heart. But back in the day, the. In music theory, it's called the "tritone" because it's made of three whole steps.

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