Fig. 1 · Eb to Ab

interval

E♭ perfect fourth

E♭lowerA♭upperP45 half steps

Five half steps. Turned upside down it becomes a perfect fifth.

On the keyboard

EbAb
Fig. 2

What is true of it

E♭ up a perfect fourth is A♭: 5 half steps, and 4 letters counting both ends.

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

It is a perfect consonance.

Every interval on E♭

E♭ → F♭minor second · dissonanceE♭ → Fmajor second · dissonanceE♭ → G♭minor third · imperfect consonanceE♭ → Gmajor third · imperfect 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

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