Fig. 1 · Db to C

interval

D♭ major seventh

D♭lowerCupperM711 half steps

Eleven half steps: a half step short of the octave, which is why it leans on it.

On the keyboard

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Fig. 2

What is true of it

D♭ up a major seventh is C: 11 half steps, and 7 letters counting both ends.

Turn it upside down — put the D♭ on top — and it becomes a minor second. 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♭ → E♭major 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 · dissonance

C M7D M7D♯ M7E♭ M7E M7F M7F♯ M7G♭ M7all 204