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-The '''tritone''' is the name of a musical interval that is made up of three whole tones, which in [[12edo]] is 600 cents. In non-12 tunings, and particularly in JI, there are a number of different tritones which have subtly different flavors, such as [[7/5]] and [[10/7]]. The temperament eliminating [[50/49]] is of particular interest in that it equates these two tritones, and provides a JI basis for the 12-EDO concept of the "tritone substitution."
+The '''tritone''' is the name of a musical interval that is made up of three [[Tone|whole tones]].  In [[12edo]] the tritone is exactly 600 cents, or sqrt(2).  As such, the term is also used generally to refer to any pitch in the neighborhood of 600c, or roughly halfway between 4/3 and 3/2.
+In non-12 tunings, and particularly in JI, there are a number of different tritones which have subtly different flavors, such as [[7/5]] and [[10/7]]. The temperament eliminating [[50/49]] is of particular interest in that it equates these two tritones, and provides a JI basis for the 12-EDO concept of the "tritone substitution."
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