Fig. 1 · Db to Fb

interval

D♭ minor third

D♭lowerF♭upperm33 half steps

Three half steps. The interval that makes a triad minor.

On the keyboard

F♭Db
Fig. 2

What is true of it

D♭ up a minor third is F♭: 3 half steps, and 3 letters counting both ends.

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

It is a imperfect consonance.

Every interval on D♭

D♭ → E♭♭minor second · dissonanceD♭ → E♭major second · dissonanceD♭ → 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

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