Fig. 1 · G# to E#

interval

G♯ major sixth

G♯lowerE♯upperM69 half steps

Nine half steps. The minor third turned upside down.

On the keyboard

E♯G#
Fig. 2

What is true of it

G♯ up a major sixth is E♯: 9 half steps, and 6 letters counting both ends.

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

It is a imperfect consonance.

Every interval on G♯

G♯ → Aminor second · dissonanceG♯ → A♯major second · dissonanceG♯ → Bminor third · imperfect consonanceG♯ → B♯major third · imperfect consonanceG♯ → C♯perfect fourth · perfect consonanceG♯ → C𝄪augmented fourth · dissonanceG♯ → Ddiminished fifth · dissonanceG♯ → D♯perfect fifth · perfect consonanceG♯ → Eminor sixth · imperfect consonanceG♯ → F♯minor seventh · dissonanceG♯ → F𝄪major seventh · dissonance

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