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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 [[cent~~]]s~~, or sqrt(2). As such, the term is also used generally to refer to any pitch in the neighborhood of ~~600 ¢~~, or roughly halfway between [[4/3]] and [[3/2]].

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{{cent}}, or sqrt(2). As such, the term is also used generally to refer to any pitch in the neighborhood of 600{{cent}}, or roughly halfway between [[4/3]] and [[3/2]].

In tunings other than 12edo, and particularly in [[just intonation]], 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 12edo concept of the "tritone substitution".

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The following table compares selected JI tritone pairs:

{| class="wikitable"

{| class="wikitable sortable center-all right-3"

! | Ratios

! class="unsortable" | Ratios

! | prime limit

! | distance from ~~600c~~

! | distance from 600{{cent}}

|-

| [[729/512]], [[1024/729]]

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| [[99/70]], [[140/99]]

| 11

| 0.~~0883~~

| 0.088

|-

| [[13/9]], [[18/13]]

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-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 [[cent]]s, or sqrt(2). As such, the term is also used generally to refer to any pitch in the neighborhood of 600 ¢, or roughly halfway between [[4/3]] and [[3/2]].
+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{{cent}}, or sqrt(2). As such, the term is also used generally to refer to any pitch in the neighborhood of 600{{cent}}, or roughly halfway between [[4/3]] and [[3/2]].
 In tunings other than 12edo, and particularly in [[just intonation]], 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 12edo concept of the "tritone substitution".
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 The following table compares selected JI tritone pairs:
-{| class="wikitable"
+{| class="wikitable sortable center-all right-3"
-! | Ratios
+! class="unsortable" | Ratios
 ! | prime limit
-! | distance from 600c
+! | distance from 600{{cent}}
 |-
 | [[729/512]], [[1024/729]]
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 | [[99/70]], [[140/99]]
 | 11
-| 0.0883
+| 0.088
 |-
 | [[13/9]], [[18/13]]
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-[[Category:Stub]]

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