interval
B minor third
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Three half steps. The interval that makes a triad minor.
On the keyboard
What is true of it
B up a minor third is D: 3 half steps, and 3 letters counting both ends.
Turn it upside down — put the B on top — and it becomes a major sixth. The two numbers always add to nine, and the two sizes to twelve.
It is a imperfect consonance.
Every interval on B
B → Cminor second · dissonanceB → C♯major second · dissonanceB → D♯major third · imperfect consonanceB → Eperfect fourth · perfect consonanceB → E♯augmented fourth · dissonanceB → Fdiminished fifth · dissonanceB → F♯perfect fifth · perfect consonanceB → Gminor sixth · imperfect consonanceB → G♯major sixth · imperfect consonanceB → Aminor seventh · dissonanceB → A♯major seventh · dissonance