Fig. 1 · Gb to Db

interval

G♭ perfect fifth

G♭lowerD♭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

GbDb
Fig. 2

What is true of it

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

Turn it upside down — put the G♭ 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 G♭

G♭ → A♭♭minor second · dissonanceG♭ → A♭major second · dissonanceG♭ → B♭♭minor third · imperfect consonanceG♭ → B♭major third · imperfect consonanceG♭ → C♭perfect fourth · perfect consonanceG♭ → Caugmented fourth · dissonanceG♭ → D♭♭diminished fifth · dissonanceG♭ → E♭♭minor sixth · imperfect consonanceG♭ → E♭major sixth · imperfect consonanceG♭ → F♭minor seventh · dissonanceG♭ → Fmajor seventh · dissonance

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