interval
A♭ minor third
A♭lowerC♭upperm33 half steps
Three half steps. The interval that makes a triad minor.
On the keyboard
What is true of it
A♭ up a minor third is C♭: 3 half steps, and 3 letters counting both ends.
Turn it upside down — put the A♭ on top — and it becomes a major sixth. The two numbers always add to nine, and the two sizes to twelve.
It is a imperfect consonance.
Every interval on A♭
A♭ → B♭♭minor second · dissonanceA♭ → B♭major second · dissonanceA♭ → Cmajor third · imperfect consonanceA♭ → D♭perfect fourth · perfect consonanceA♭ → Daugmented fourth · dissonanceA♭ → E♭♭diminished fifth · dissonanceA♭ → E♭perfect fifth · perfect consonanceA♭ → F♭minor sixth · imperfect consonanceA♭ → Fmajor sixth · imperfect consonanceA♭ → G♭minor seventh · dissonanceA♭ → Gmajor seventh · dissonance