Fig. 1 · G to D

interval

G perfect fifth

GlowerDupperP57 half steps

Seven half steps. Stack twelve of them and you land back where you started, give or take a comma.

On the keyboard

GD
Fig. 2

What is true of it

G up a perfect fifth is D: 7 half steps, and 5 letters counting both ends.

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

It is a perfect consonance.

Every interval on G

G → A♭minor second · dissonanceG → Amajor second · dissonanceG → B♭minor third · imperfect consonanceG → Bmajor third · imperfect consonanceG → Cperfect fourth · perfect consonanceG → C♯augmented fourth · dissonanceG → D♭diminished fifth · dissonanceG → E♭minor sixth · imperfect consonanceG → Emajor sixth · imperfect consonanceG → Fminor seventh · dissonanceG → F♯major seventh · dissonance

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