Fig. 1 · D# to B#

interval

D♯ major sixth

D♯lowerB♯upperM69 half steps

Nine half steps. The minor third turned upside down.

On the keyboard

B♯D#
Fig. 2

What is true of it

D♯ up a major sixth is B♯: 9 half steps, and 6 letters counting both ends.

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

It is a imperfect consonance.

Every interval on D♯

D♯ → Eminor second · dissonanceD♯ → E♯major second · dissonanceD♯ → F♯minor third · imperfect consonanceD♯ → F𝄪major third · imperfect consonanceD♯ → G♯perfect fourth · perfect consonanceD♯ → G𝄪augmented fourth · dissonanceD♯ → Adiminished fifth · dissonanceD♯ → A♯perfect fifth · perfect consonanceD♯ → Bminor sixth · imperfect consonanceD♯ → C♯minor seventh · dissonanceD♯ → C𝄪major seventh · dissonance

C M6C♯ M6D♭ M6D M6E M6F M6F♯ M6G♭ M6all 204