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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}}, 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]].

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), and due to the predominance of this tuning, 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 Medieval music theory, "tritone" referred more specifically to [[729/512]], this being the interval found by combining three (whole) [[tone]]s: <code>([[9/8]])<sup>3</sup></code>.

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 '''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]].		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), and due to the predominance of this tuning, 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 Medieval music theory, "tritone" referred more specifically to [[729/512]], this being the interval found by combining three (whole) [[tone]]s: <code>([[9/8]])<sup>3</sup></code>.

	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".		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".