Editing Minor seventh (section)

== Use ==
Minor seventh intervals rarely feature in melodies (and especially in their openings) but occur more often than major sevenths{{According to whom|date=January 2023}}. A well-known example, in part due to its frequent use in theory classes, is found between the first two words of the phrase "There's a place for us" in the song "[[Somewhere (song)|Somewhere]]" in ''[[West Side Story]]''.<ref name=Neely>{{cite book |last=Neely |first=Blake |year=2009 |title=Piano for Dummies |page=201 |ISBN=0-470-49644-4 }}</ref> Another well-known example occurs between the first two notes of the introduction to the [[Theme from Star Trek|main theme music]] from ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' [[musical theme|theme]].<ref name=Contemporary>{{cite book |first1=Keith |last1=Wyatt |first2=Carl |last2=Schroeder |first3=Joe |last3=Elliott |year=2005 |title=Ear Training for the Contemporary Musician |ISBN=0-7935-8193-1 |page=69 }}</ref>

The most common occurrence of the minor seventh is built on the [[root (chord)|root]] of the prevailing [[key (music)|key]]'s [[dominant chord|dominant]] [[triad (music)|triad]], producing the all-important [[dominant seventh chord]].

During the ''[[common practice period]]'' the minor seventh was prescribed as a dissonance, requiring resolution to a consonance.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Benward |last2=Saker |year=2003 |title=Music: In theory and practice |volume=I |page=53 |edition=7th |ISBN=978-0-07-294262-0 }}</ref>