Fig. 1 · Ab to Eb

interval

A♭ perfect fifth

A♭lowerE♭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

AbEb
Fig. 2

What is true of it

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

Turn it upside down — put the A♭ 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 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♭ → F♭minor sixth · imperfect consonanceA♭ → Fmajor sixth · imperfect consonanceA♭ → G♭minor seventh · dissonanceA♭ → Gmajor seventh · dissonance

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