Augmented
augIntervals · 1 · 3 · #5
Unsettled, dreamlike; symmetrical.
Chord Family
Augmented Chords
Augmented chords have a raised fifth (1-3-#5) and feel unsettled, dreamlike. Like diminished sevenths, augmented triads are symmetrical: each note is a major third apart.
Qualities
Each variant.
Dominant 7♯5
7#5Intervals · 1 · 3 · #5 · b7
Whole-tone derived; very tense.
Major 7♯5
maj7#5Intervals · 1 · 3 · #5 · 7
Lydian augmented sound; modern jazz.
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Jake Dahn builds and maintains chords.lol — a one-person project of interactive chord references, printable PDF charts, and music theory laid out plainly. He's a software engineer and a guitar player who got tired of ad-bloated chord sites, so he built the reference he wanted to use. Every diagram, voicing, and article here is written and checked by him, and all of it is free.