Fig. 1 · F to Eb

interval

F minor seventh

FlowerE♭upperm710 half steps

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

On the keyboard

FEb
Fig. 2

What is true of it

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

Turn it upside down — put the F 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 F

F → G♭minor second · dissonanceF → Gmajor second · dissonanceF → A♭minor third · imperfect consonanceF → Amajor third · imperfect consonanceF → B♭perfect fourth · perfect consonanceF → Baugmented fourth · dissonanceF → C♭diminished fifth · dissonanceF → Cperfect fifth · perfect consonanceF → D♭minor sixth · imperfect consonanceF → Dmajor sixth · imperfect consonanceF → Emajor seventh · dissonance

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