Fig. 1 · Eb to Db

interval

E♭ minor seventh

E♭lowerD♭upperm710 half steps

Ten half steps. The interval that sits on top of a dominant seventh chord.

On the keyboard

EbDb
Fig. 2

What is true of it

E♭ up a minor seventh is D♭: 10 half steps, and 7 letters counting both ends.

Turn it upside down — put the E♭ on top — and it becomes a major second. The two numbers always add to nine, and the two sizes to twelve.

It is a dissonance.

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♭ → Cmajor sixth · imperfect consonanceE♭ → Dmajor seventh · dissonance

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