Major seventh

This song starts with a long introduction. Afterwards you’ll hear the major seventh: Come with me and you'll be in **a world** of pure imagination.

The first two notes of the verse form a major seventh: **I waited** ‘til I saw the sun.

You can hear the major seventh interval in the chorus when they sing **Take on** me for the first time.

The song starts with: **Somewhere o**-ver the rainbow, way up high. Some-where forms an octave, but afterwards the melody descends to a major seventh. So if you combine the first (Some) and third (O) note you can hear a major seventh interval.

Ella Fitzgerald is known to sing beautiful, but complicated melodies. In this song you can hear the major seventh interval when she sings: Look at me, I'm as **help-less** as a kitten up a tree.

The second time Chet sings **I-Alone** in the bridge, you hear a major seventh.

You can hear the major seventh interval in the guitar part through the whole song.

The major seventh interval is hard to find in popular music. It is a bit easier if you get into jazz music. This jazz classic contains a major seventh interval: Yes, I may dream a million dreams, but how can they **come true**.

This follows the same pattern as Over the Rainbow. In the chorus Andrea Bocelli sings: "Paesi che non ho **mai, Ve-du**to e vissuto con te" 

Mai to ve is a octave, after which the melody descends into a major seventh at du. So if you combine the first and third note you hear a major seventh interval.