interval
E♭ major third
E♭lowerGupperM34 half steps
Four half steps. The interval that makes a triad major.
On the keyboard
What is true of it
E♭ up a major third is G: 4 half steps, and 3 letters counting both ends.
Turn it upside down — put the E♭ on top — and it becomes a minor sixth. The two numbers always add to nine, and the two sizes to twelve.
It is a imperfect consonance.
Every interval on E♭
E♭ → F♭minor second · dissonanceE♭ → Fmajor second · dissonanceE♭ → G♭minor third · imperfect consonanceE♭ → A♭perfect fourth · perfect consonanceE♭ → Aaugmented fourth · dissonanceE♭ → B♭♭diminished fifth · dissonanceE♭ → B♭perfect fifth · perfect consonanceE♭ → C♭minor sixth · imperfect consonanceE♭ → Cmajor sixth · imperfect consonanceE♭ → D♭minor seventh · dissonanceE♭ → Dmajor seventh · dissonance