Fig. 1 · Eb to Cb

interval

E♭ minor sixth

E♭lowerC♭upperm68 half steps

Eight half steps. The major third turned upside down.

On the keyboard

C♭Eb
Fig. 2

What is true of it

E♭ up a minor sixth is C♭: 8 half steps, and 6 letters counting both ends.

Turn it upside down — put the E♭ on top — and it becomes a major 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♭ → Cmajor sixth · imperfect consonanceE♭ → D♭minor seventh · dissonanceE♭ → Dmajor seventh · dissonance

C m6C♯ m6D♭ m6D m6E m6F m6F♯ m6G♭ m6all 204