The augmented chord|
Formula:
| 1 3 5# |
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Common
Abbreviations:
| #5, (+5), +, +5, maj#5, maj(add5), maj+5, majadd5 |
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Most popular root:
| A, D, G, Bb, C |
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Popularity:
| 24 |
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Top Users:
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Common Styles:
| Blues, Country, Folk, Jazz, Latin |
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Some augmented chord examples. | Description:
The augmented chord is a triad built with two major thirds. It is usually notated either as aug or + chord. A Caugmented will be either Caug or C+. Got to my Theory series for more on triads, including the augmented triad.
The aug chord is symmetric. You can divide the scale into three major thirds, meaning that for instance Caug and Eaug will have the same notes. In the table below I have tried to illustrate this by giving the notes of five augmented chords. As you see, the Caug and Eaug are both built with the notes C, E and G#. You might say that the Eaug is the same as Caug in first inversion., and that G#aug is the same as Caug in second inversion. But the practical knowledge is that there are basically only four different augmented chords. But they can of course be fingered in many different ways on the guitar. ...
Description courtesy of
http://www.torvund.net/guitar/chords/Aug.asp | Songs using augmented chord:
(NB Common types such as Maj, m, 7 will generate longs lists)
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