Fig. 1 · Db to Eb

interval

D♭ major second

D♭lowerE♭upperM22 half steps

A whole step. The distance between most neighbouring notes of a major scale.

On the keyboard

DbEb
Fig. 2

What is true of it

D♭ up a major second is E♭: 2 half steps, and 2 letters counting both ends.

Turn it upside down — put the D♭ on top — and it becomes a minor seventh. The two numbers always add to nine, and the two sizes to twelve.

It is a dissonance.

Every interval on D♭

D♭ → E♭♭minor second · dissonanceD♭ → F♭minor third · imperfect consonanceD♭ → Fmajor third · imperfect consonanceD♭ → G♭perfect fourth · perfect consonanceD♭ → Gaugmented fourth · dissonanceD♭ → A♭♭diminished fifth · dissonanceD♭ → A♭perfect fifth · perfect consonanceD♭ → B♭♭minor sixth · imperfect consonanceD♭ → B♭major sixth · imperfect consonanceD♭ → C♭minor seventh · dissonanceD♭ → Cmajor seventh · dissonance

C M2D M2D♯ M2E♭ M2E M2F M2F♯ M2G♭ M2all 204