Fig. 1 · D# to E

interval

D♯ minor second

D♯lowerEupperm21 half steps

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

On the keyboard

ED#
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♯ → F𝄪major third · imperfect consonanceD♯ → G♯perfect fourth · perfect consonanceD♯ → G𝄪augmented fourth · dissonanceD♯ → Adiminished fifth · dissonanceD♯ → A♯perfect fifth · perfect consonanceD♯ → Bminor sixth · imperfect consonanceD♯ → B♯major sixth · imperfect consonanceD♯ → C♯minor seventh · dissonanceD♯ → C𝄪major seventh · dissonance

C m2C♯ m2D♭ m2D m2E m2F m2F♯ m2G♭ m2all 204