The interval of the tritone (an augmented fourth, known as the "devil in music") emerges throughout, lending an eerie, uneasy atmosphere to the work.

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Deeply religious, she tried to steer the young man from the devil's music with violin lessons.

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Many parents and ministers harshly objected to Norman's use of the "devil's music, " but the children of the '70s Jesus Movement found in him a radical hero.

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That's a kind of old theme in music, the myth of the blues musician who sells his soul to the devil and plays great music as a result.

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All of baseball pulled a Robert Johnson, as in the legend of the classic blues singer who supposedly got his gift for music by making a pact with the devil.

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The erstwhile superstar has returned to the spotlight with a full-length music video diss (see below) that features a man in a devil mask chasing a mock Jay-Z around the woods, Blair Witch-style.

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