Fig. 1 · A# to F#

interval

A♯ minor sixth

A♯lowerF♯upperm68 half steps

Eight half steps. The major third turned upside down.

On the keyboard

A#F#
Fig. 2

What is true of it

A♯ up a minor sixth is F♯: 8 half steps, and 6 letters counting both ends.

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

It is a imperfect consonance.

Every interval on A♯

A♯ → Bminor second · dissonanceA♯ → B♯major second · dissonanceA♯ → C♯minor third · imperfect consonanceA♯ → C𝄪major third · imperfect consonanceA♯ → D♯perfect fourth · perfect consonanceA♯ → D𝄪augmented fourth · dissonanceA♯ → Ediminished fifth · dissonanceA♯ → E♯perfect fifth · perfect consonanceA♯ → F𝄪major sixth · imperfect consonanceA♯ → G♯minor seventh · dissonanceA♯ → G𝄪major seventh · dissonance

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