Fig. 1 · D# to F#

interval

D♯ minor third

D♯lowerF♯upperm33 half steps

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

On the keyboard

D#F#
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♯ → Eminor second · dissonanceD♯ → E♯major second · dissonanceD♯ → 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

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