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Dr. Kilu, you are correct, my name refers to the musical interval. I'm not trying to say that I am "evil", I am simply professing my love of music in general.

The tritone and the major third are my favorite musical intervals.

Sure, the tritone has a somewhat "sinister" sound when you play it in isolation (example: go to your favorite intrument and play C followed by F#) But the power of the tritone is in creating tension and drama in melodic lines and harmonic chords. This "drama" is key in kinds of music I enjoy the most -- Jazz, film scores, and classical music.

The major third has a less jarring effect than the tritone, but is not fully consonant either. That's what I love about it. It is ambiguous. Hopeful, but cautious. It floats, yearns, dreams.

But lets face it, "tritone" is a cooler sounding name than "major third".

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