Fig. 1 · Eb to Bb

interval

E♭ perfect fifth

E♭lowerB♭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

EbBb
Fig. 2

What is true of it

E♭ up a perfect fifth is B♭: 7 half steps, and 5 letters counting both ends.

Turn it upside down — put the E♭ 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 E♭

E♭ → F♭minor second · dissonanceE♭ → Fmajor second · dissonanceE♭ → G♭minor third · imperfect consonanceE♭ → Gmajor third · imperfect consonanceE♭ → A♭perfect fourth · perfect consonanceE♭ → Aaugmented fourth · dissonanceE♭ → B♭♭diminished fifth · dissonanceE♭ → C♭minor sixth · imperfect consonanceE♭ → Cmajor sixth · imperfect consonanceE♭ → D♭minor seventh · dissonanceE♭ → Dmajor seventh · dissonance

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