major seventh chord

British  

noun

1. Often shortened to: major seventh.  a chord much used in modern music, esp jazz and pop, consisting of a major triad with an added major seventh above the root Compare minor seventh chord

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Example Sentences

Wood taught him functional music theory, like how singer-songwriters depended so much on the major seventh chord, or what made the songs of, say, Dan Fogelberg or Elton John tick.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2020

Delicately scored for piano, harp and string quintet, Nyman's piece derives its insistent motor rhythm from the song's piano accompaniment and its harmonic structure from Schumann's distinctive use of the major seventh chord.

From Time Magazine Archive