interval
C♯ minor third
C♯lowerEupperm33 half steps
Three half steps. The interval that makes a triad minor.
On the keyboard
What is true of it
C♯ up a minor third is E: 3 half steps, and 3 letters counting both ends.
Turn it upside down — put the C♯ 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 C♯
C♯ → Dminor second · dissonanceC♯ → D♯major second · dissonanceC♯ → E♯major third · imperfect consonanceC♯ → F♯perfect fourth · perfect consonanceC♯ → F𝄪augmented fourth · dissonanceC♯ → Gdiminished fifth · dissonanceC♯ → G♯perfect fifth · perfect consonanceC♯ → Aminor sixth · imperfect consonanceC♯ → A♯major sixth · imperfect consonanceC♯ → Bminor seventh · dissonanceC♯ → B♯major seventh · dissonance