Fig. 1 · Ab to Gb

interval

A♭ minor seventh

A♭lowerG♭upperm710 half steps

Ten half steps. The interval that sits on top of a dominant seventh chord.

On the keyboard

AbGb
Fig. 2

What is true of it

A♭ up a minor seventh is G♭: 10 half steps, and 7 letters counting both ends.

Turn it upside down — put the A♭ on top — and it becomes a major second. The two numbers always add to nine, and the two sizes to twelve.

It is a dissonance.

Every interval on A♭

A♭ → B♭♭minor second · dissonanceA♭ → B♭major second · dissonanceA♭ → C♭minor third · imperfect consonanceA♭ → Cmajor third · imperfect consonanceA♭ → D♭perfect fourth · perfect consonanceA♭ → Daugmented fourth · dissonanceA♭ → E♭♭diminished fifth · dissonanceA♭ → E♭perfect fifth · perfect consonanceA♭ → F♭minor sixth · imperfect consonanceA♭ → Fmajor sixth · imperfect consonanceA♭ → Gmajor seventh · dissonance

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