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The tritone (augmented 4th, diminished 5th) on the guitar

6 semitones · TT · C → F♯

Its character, in the app's words: unease; an octave wider (#11), luminous unease: the instability turns to mystery.

The shapes on the neck

eBGDAE357912CF♯F♯

The root is the C on the A string, 3rd fret; the other circles are the same note, F♯, wherever it sits between frets 0 and 12. The 1st string (high e) is at the top, as in the app. The root is filled.

Open it in the app: 2. Intervals

The other intervals