Fig. 1 · Eb to C

interval

E♭ major sixth

E♭lowerCupperM69 half steps

Nine half steps. The minor third turned upside down.

On the keyboard

CEb
Fig. 2

What is true of it

E♭ up a major sixth is C: 9 half steps, and 6 letters counting both ends.

Turn it upside down — put the E♭ on top — and it becomes a minor third. 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♭ → Gmajor 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♭ → D♭minor seventh · dissonanceE♭ → Dmajor seventh · dissonance

C M6C♯ M6D♭ M6D M6E M6F M6F♯ M6G♭ M6all 204