Interval
Minor seventh
A minor seventh is 10 half steps (5 whole steps): from C up to B♭.
- Half steps
- 10
- Symbol
- m7
- Sound
- Dissonance: tense, wants to move
Play it yourself
Tap any key, then the key 10 half steps higher.
Tap a first note.
Hear it in a song
You can hear a minor seventh in the original Star Trek theme. Humming that tune is the quickest way to recognise the interval by ear.
A minor seventh from every note
The letter names follow the interval's number, so a third always skips one letter, even when a sharp or flat is needed.
- C – B♭
- C♯ – B
- D – C
- E♭ – D♭
- E – D
- F – E♭
- F♯ – E
- G – F
- A♭ – G♭
- A – G
- B♭ – A♭
- B – A