All Tritones Song (the devil's interval)

Creating a song with only tritones chords.

The guitar is my signature model with Chapman Guitars :)

For this song I am allowed to play only 2 note tritone chords on the guitar tracks. No single notes.

A tritone is referring to a particular musical interval (how far away two notes are from each other) and is renowned for it's dissonance and harsh feeling of tension. A tritone name refers to the 3 whole tone distance between the two notes.

It's used to great effect in a lot of different genres, but straight up 2 note only tritone chords I most closely associate with Deathcore. And I can't think of anywhere else where it's used anywhere near as often. Particular the band Oceano came to mind while writing this.

It's rumored that the tritone was banned in medieval times, that you could be jailed for using it, that people believed it could summon the devil... None of which are actually true, but make for a great story that really fits in well with this harsh musical interval.

My guitar courses are available within the Guitareo membership :)
Also, my beginner course, GuitarQuest, is still available on it's own too

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Also...

[robscallon]

Well that ending did NOT turn out as planned!!!...


The WiFi here is atrocious and this comment took 9 days to send.

[NehemiahHughes]

The only thing more evil would be recording two guitar parts with the second guitar part being exactly a half step apart from the other.

[bipinkasa]

I challenge you to do a solo using only your pinky finger.

[chubjabb]

Play Master of puppets with only up strokes

[wizardoffuzz]

Its funny when you listen to tritones for long enough (I play guitar everyday and mess around with them constantly) they cease to sound bad to your ear anymore.

[zaneroote]

"My hand must've slipped"

[geardi]

Cant wait for Stevie T's tritone song tomorrow

[CrysisMusic]

The rob faces always make the riffs sound beefier

[vincentrobinette]

This was very interesting: Tritones really give a "dark" feel. It would be interesting, to do covers of otherwise "cheery" songs, using tritones, to see how it makes it sound. Good video! I learned a lot from this.

[b.d.]

Hi Rob! can you do a cover of Heads shoveled off by Cannibal Corpse on your shovel guitar ??

[insederec]

Feeling a decent and acceptable amount of Primus in this.

[lucasduque]

You know you're too metal when this sounds awesome to you.

[foxisded]

Me, honestly confused why people think tritones sound bad:


Honestly this was a bop, I genuinely thought this sounded good.

[abstract]

Rob: Plays heaps of Tritones.

Satan: Well I just want to say I am a huge fan

[SleepSoul]

Sounds really deranged and nutty, I like it.

[Stekos]

Kinda sounds like it could be a PRIMUS song. I love it!

[TRX_music]

Good original name for this song:
“Losing my religion”

[stevenmael]

God: *creates sonic vibrations*
Humans: EWWW this Tritone sounds hellish, must be the work of SATIN!!
God: Am i a joke to you?

[KeithMerrow]

Basically late 90's Gorguts haha. Sounds sick.

[PossumBuddy]

Well thanks Rob, you've summoned the Devil in my house and now he won't move out