In which I speak with musicians about their early experience of sound and how they shaped their ideas about music and creativity. Read if you like, but this can better be enjoyed as a podcast episode!
The diabolus in musica — the devil in music, or, sometimes, the devil's interval or devil's chord — is actually the augmented fourth or flatted fifth — the tritone.
I do think that emergency sirens in some parts of Europe — I'm pretty sure France is one of them — are tuned to tritones, because it's such an uncomfortable sound.
The diabolus in musica — the devil in music, or, sometimes, the devil's interval or devil's chord — is actually the augmented fourth or flatted fifth — the tritone.
Shoulda paid more attention, clearly….
To whom, when?
I do think that emergency sirens in some parts of Europe — I'm pretty sure France is one of them — are tuned to tritones, because it's such an uncomfortable sound.