Fig. 1 · F# to D#

interval

F♯ major sixth

F♯lowerD♯upperM69 half steps

Nine half steps. The minor third turned upside down.

On the keyboard

F#D#
Fig. 2

What is true of it

F♯ up a major sixth is D♯: 9 half steps, and 6 letters counting both ends.

Turn it upside down — put the F♯ 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 F♯

F♯ → Gminor second · dissonanceF♯ → G♯major second · dissonanceF♯ → Aminor third · imperfect consonanceF♯ → A♯major third · imperfect consonanceF♯ → Bperfect fourth · perfect consonanceF♯ → B♯augmented fourth · dissonanceF♯ → Cdiminished fifth · dissonanceF♯ → C♯perfect fifth · perfect consonanceF♯ → Dminor sixth · imperfect consonanceF♯ → Eminor seventh · dissonanceF♯ → E♯major seventh · dissonance

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