Fig. 1 · Db to Ebb

interval

D♭ minor second

D♭lowerE♭♭upperm21 half steps

One half step, written as a second: the smallest distance between two notes with different letters.

On the keyboard

E𝄫Db
Fig. 2

What is true of it

D♭ up a minor second is E♭♭: 1 half step, and 2 letters counting both ends.

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

It is a dissonance.

Every interval on D♭

D♭ → E♭major second · dissonanceD♭ → F♭minor third · imperfect consonanceD♭ → Fmajor third · imperfect consonanceD♭ → G♭perfect fourth · perfect consonanceD♭ → Gaugmented fourth · dissonanceD♭ → A♭♭diminished fifth · dissonanceD♭ → A♭perfect fifth · perfect consonanceD♭ → B♭♭minor sixth · imperfect consonanceD♭ → B♭major sixth · imperfect consonanceD♭ → C♭minor seventh · dissonanceD♭ → Cmajor seventh · dissonance

C m2D m2D♯ m2E♭ m2E m2F m2F♯ m2G♭ m2all 204