interval
A♭ minor sixth
A♭lowerF♭upperm68 half steps
Eight half steps. The major third turned upside down.
On the keyboard
What is true of it
A♭ up a minor sixth is F♭: 8 half steps, and 6 letters counting both ends.
Turn it upside down — put the A♭ on top — and it becomes a major third. 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♭ → C♭minor third · imperfect consonanceA♭ → Cmajor third · imperfect consonanceA♭ → D♭perfect fourth · perfect consonanceA♭ → Daugmented fourth · dissonanceA♭ → E♭♭diminished fifth · dissonanceA♭ → E♭perfect fifth · perfect consonanceA♭ → Fmajor sixth · imperfect consonanceA♭ → G♭minor seventh · dissonanceA♭ → Gmajor seventh · dissonance