Fig. 1 · F# to B

interval

F♯ perfect fourth

F♯lowerBupperP45 half steps

Five half steps. Turned upside down it becomes a perfect fifth.

On the keyboard

BF#
Fig. 2

What is true of it

F♯ up a perfect fourth is B: 5 half steps, and 4 letters counting both ends.

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

It is a perfect consonance.

Every interval on F♯

F♯ → Gminor second · dissonanceF♯ → G♯major second · dissonanceF♯ → Aminor third · imperfect consonanceF♯ → A♯major third · imperfect 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

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