Fig. 1 · A# to B#

interval

A♯ major second

A♯lowerB♯upperM22 half steps

A whole step. The distance between most neighbouring notes of a major scale.

On the keyboard

B♯A#
Fig. 2

What is true of it

A♯ up a major second is B♯: 2 half steps, and 2 letters counting both ends.

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

It is a dissonance.

Every interval on A♯

A♯ → Bminor second · dissonanceA♯ → C♯minor third · imperfect consonanceA♯ → C𝄪major third · imperfect consonanceA♯ → D♯perfect fourth · perfect consonanceA♯ → D𝄪augmented fourth · dissonanceA♯ → Ediminished fifth · dissonanceA♯ → E♯perfect fifth · perfect consonanceA♯ → F♯minor sixth · imperfect consonanceA♯ → F𝄪major sixth · imperfect consonanceA♯ → G♯minor seventh · dissonanceA♯ → G𝄪major seventh · dissonance

C M2C♯ M2D♭ M2D M2D♯ M2E♭ M2E M2F M2all 204