How To Play A Tritone Chord Or Tritone Interval

Music theory defines a tritone interval as an interval composed of 3 adjacent whole tones – for example, from C up to Gb, or from F up to B natural. This interval is also known at a diminished 5th (musicians usually think of it as a flat 5th). So a tritone chord substitution for G7 would be a Db – a diminished 5th up from G. Watch this short video and you’ll catch on quickly.

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Here is the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrNfm1nB6ic&feature=youtu.be

Here is an article on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tritone

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