The tritone
The augmented fourth or diminished fifth, six half steps; the unstable core of the dominant seventh.
- Category
- Intervals
- First taught in
- 3.3 Hear interval colour
- Theory cards
- Major, minor and perfect intervals (Level 3)
- Consonance and dissonance (Level 3)
- The dominant seventh (V7) (Level 3)
- The tritone (Level 3)
In the lessons
2 lessons and 2 pieces where the Method teaches or uses it, in teaching order.
| Lesson | Lesson and piece |
|---|---|
| 3.3 | Hear interval colourInnocence, Op. 100 No. 5, Friedrich Burgmüller |
| 3.4 | Resolve the dominant seventhRondo in C major, Op. 42 No. 1, Johann Baptist Vanhal |
In Musicianship
The units whose theory questions ask about it.
| Unit | Title |
|---|---|
| 3.3 | Interval colour |
| 3.4 | The dominant seventh |
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