I would love people to sing an octave instead of a major 6th in the third line of happy birthday to you

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I'm sure I'm not the only pedant to care about music as well as grammar. Got to go and have a bath now, but I look forward to checking on this tomorrow to meet the hundreds of others who agree with me.

never ever heard it sung with a sixth

I've just looked at youtube.

Yes, she's a bit slurry up to it "happy buurrrirthday!" but it's nearer an octave than a 6th.

Unless of course Simon Cowell had something to do with the clip I saw and she has been autotuened

Good lord, all of these fortunate souls who've never heard it sung with a major 6th! I thank you for letting me get this off my chest. I look forward to following CITH's investigative work on her husband's true identity.

Surely hi-hoh is a major 6th too, not an octave? An octave is high on a hill was a lonely goat herd

By the way, MrsMadWriggle, I do the 'third above' thing for the whole of the last line

The way I sing hi-hoh (the very first one at the beginning/intro of the song) it is an 8ve.