interval
C minor seventh
ClowerB♭upperm710 half steps
Ten half steps. The interval that sits on top of a dominant seventh chord.
On the keyboard
What is true of it
C up a minor seventh is B♭: 10 half steps, and 7 letters counting both ends.
Turn it upside down — put the C 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 C
C → D♭minor second · dissonanceC → Dmajor second · dissonanceC → E♭minor third · imperfect consonanceC → Emajor third · imperfect consonanceC → Fperfect fourth · perfect consonanceC → F♯augmented fourth · dissonanceC → G♭diminished fifth · dissonanceC → Gperfect fifth · perfect consonanceC → A♭minor sixth · imperfect consonanceC → Amajor sixth · imperfect consonanceC → Bmajor seventh · dissonance