interval
F♯ minor second
F♯lowerGupperm21 half steps
One half step, written as a second: the smallest distance between two notes with different letters.
On the keyboard
What is true of it
F♯ up a minor second is G: 1 half step, and 2 letters counting both ends.
Turn it upside down — put the F♯ on top — and it becomes a major seventh. The two numbers always add to nine, and the two sizes to twelve.
It is a dissonance.
Every interval on F♯
F♯ → G♯major 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