Fig. 1 · Gb to F

interval

G♭ major seventh

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Eleven half steps: a half step short of the octave, which is why it leans on it.

On the keyboard

FGb
Fig. 2

What is true of it

G♭ up a major seventh is F: 11 half steps, and 7 letters counting both ends.

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

It is a dissonance.

Every interval on G♭

G♭ → A♭♭minor second · dissonanceG♭ → A♭major second · dissonanceG♭ → B♭♭minor third · imperfect consonanceG♭ → B♭major third · imperfect consonanceG♭ → C♭perfect fourth · perfect consonanceG♭ → Caugmented fourth · dissonanceG♭ → D♭♭diminished fifth · dissonanceG♭ → D♭perfect fifth · perfect consonanceG♭ → E♭♭minor sixth · imperfect consonanceG♭ → E♭major sixth · imperfect consonanceG♭ → F♭minor seventh · dissonance

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