Fig. 1 · B to A

interval

B minor seventh

BlowerAupperm710 half steps

Ten half steps. The interval that sits on top of a dominant seventh chord.

On the keyboard

BA
Fig. 2

What is true of it

B up a minor seventh is A: 10 half steps, and 7 letters counting both ends.

Turn it upside down — put the B on top — and it becomes a major second. The two numbers always add to nine, and the two sizes to twelve.

It is a dissonance.

Every interval on B

B → Cminor second · dissonanceB → C♯major second · dissonanceB → Dminor third · imperfect consonanceB → D♯major third · imperfect consonanceB → Eperfect fourth · perfect consonanceB → E♯augmented fourth · dissonanceB → Fdiminished fifth · dissonanceB → F♯perfect fifth · perfect consonanceB → Gminor sixth · imperfect consonanceB → G♯major sixth · imperfect consonanceB → A♯major seventh · dissonance

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