Fig. 1 · F# to G#

interval

F♯ major second

F♯lowerG♯upperM22 half steps

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

On the keyboard

F#G#
Fig. 2

What is true of it

F♯ up a major second is G♯: 2 half steps, and 2 letters counting both ends.

Turn it upside down — put the F♯ 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 F♯

F♯ → Gminor second · dissonanceF♯ → Aminor third · imperfect consonanceF♯ → A♯major third · imperfect consonanceF♯ → Bperfect fourth · perfect consonanceF♯ → B♯augmented fourth · dissonanceF♯ → Cdiminished fifth · dissonanceF♯ → C♯perfect fifth · perfect consonanceF♯ → Dminor sixth · imperfect consonanceF♯ → D♯major sixth · imperfect consonanceF♯ → Eminor seventh · dissonanceF♯ → E♯major seventh · dissonance

C M2C♯ M2D♭ M2D M2D♯ M2E♭ M2E M2F M2all 204