interval
B♭ major third
B♭lowerDupperM34 half steps
Four half steps. The interval that makes a triad major.
On the keyboard
What is true of it
B♭ up a major third is D: 4 half steps, and 3 letters counting both ends.
Turn it upside down — put the B♭ on top — and it becomes a minor sixth. The two numbers always add to nine, and the two sizes to twelve.
It is a imperfect consonance.
Every interval on B♭
B♭ → C♭minor second · dissonanceB♭ → Cmajor second · dissonanceB♭ → D♭minor third · imperfect consonanceB♭ → E♭perfect fourth · perfect consonanceB♭ → Eaugmented fourth · dissonanceB♭ → F♭diminished fifth · dissonanceB♭ → Fperfect fifth · perfect consonanceB♭ → G♭minor sixth · imperfect consonanceB♭ → Gmajor sixth · imperfect consonanceB♭ → A♭minor seventh · dissonanceB♭ → Amajor seventh · dissonance