Fig. 1 · G# to A#

interval

G♯ major second

G♯lowerA♯upperM22 half steps

A whole step. The distance between most neighbouring notes of a major scale.

On the keyboard

G#A#
Fig. 2

What is true of it

G♯ up a major second is A♯: 2 half steps, and 2 letters counting both ends.

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

It is a dissonance.

Every interval on G♯

G♯ → Aminor second · dissonanceG♯ → Bminor third · imperfect consonanceG♯ → B♯major third · imperfect consonanceG♯ → C♯perfect fourth · perfect consonanceG♯ → C𝄪augmented fourth · dissonanceG♯ → Ddiminished fifth · dissonanceG♯ → D♯perfect fifth · perfect consonanceG♯ → Eminor sixth · imperfect consonanceG♯ → E♯major sixth · imperfect consonanceG♯ → F♯minor seventh · dissonanceG♯ → F𝄪major seventh · dissonance

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