Tritones – Writing by Name 1 2 In the next three lessons, you will be asked to write a tritone. As we learned already, you can think of it as a fourth that has been raised, or a fifth that has been lowered. Please press the Exercise button below.January 16, 2013 1 2 In the next three lessons, you will be asked to write a tritone. As we learned already, you can think of it as a fourth that has been raised, or a fifth that has been lowered. Please press the Exercise button below.