mi contra fa
mi contra fa. The tritone (interval of 3 whole tones), from F up or down to B, difficult to sing, thus giving rise to the saying ‘Mi contra fa diabolus est in musica’ (‘Mi against fa [the Hexachord system names for these notes] is the devil in music’).
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