Fig. 1 · D# to A#

interval

D♯ perfect fifth

D♯lowerA♯upperP57 half steps

Seven half steps. Stack twelve of them and you land back where you started, give or take a comma.

On the keyboard

D#A#
Fig. 2

What is true of it

D♯ up a perfect fifth is A♯: 7 half steps, and 5 letters counting both ends.

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

It is a perfect 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♯ → Bminor sixth · imperfect consonanceD♯ → B♯major sixth · imperfect consonanceD♯ → C♯minor seventh · dissonanceD♯ → C𝄪major seventh · dissonance

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