Fig. 1 · G# to E

interval

G♯ minor sixth

G♯lowerEupperm68 half steps

Eight half steps. The major third turned upside down.

On the keyboard

EG#
Fig. 2

What is true of it

G♯ up a minor sixth is E: 8 half steps, and 6 letters counting both ends.

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

It is a imperfect consonance.

Every interval on G♯

G♯ → Aminor second · dissonanceG♯ → A♯major 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♯ → E♯major sixth · imperfect consonanceG♯ → F♯minor seventh · dissonanceG♯ → F𝄪major seventh · dissonance

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