Fig. 1 · B to G

interval

B minor sixth

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Eight half steps. The major third turned upside down.

On the keyboard

BG
Fig. 2

What is true of it

B up a minor sixth is G: 8 half steps, and 6 letters counting both ends.

Turn it upside down — put the B 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 B

B → Cminor second · dissonanceB → C♯major second · dissonanceB → Dminor third · imperfect consonanceB → D♯major third · imperfect consonanceB → Eperfect fourth · perfect consonanceB → E♯augmented fourth · dissonanceB → Fdiminished fifth · dissonanceB → F♯perfect fifth · perfect consonanceB → G♯major sixth · imperfect consonanceB → Aminor seventh · dissonanceB → A♯major seventh · dissonance

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