In every key
The same shape, moved. The symbols below are spelled the way the app spells them, which is the spelling the chord's own scale asks for rather than whichever accidental is easier to type.
- Caug7
- Dbaug7
- Daug7
- Ebaug7
- Eaug7
- Faug7
- F#aug7
- Gaug7
- Abaug7
- Aaug7
- Bbaug7
- Baug7
Voicings
Written in C, because that is the key the encyclopedia authors them in; every one transposes unchanged.
Root Position
C · E · G# · Bb
intermediate
C-E-G# augmented triad with Bb on top. The G# wants to climb to A (the 3rd of F) on resolution.
Rootless(3-#5-b7)
E · G# · Bb
advanced
RH fingers 1-3-5 on E-G#-Bb. Let the bass place the C; resolve E and Bb inward on the V-I.
Where it turns up
A V chord with extra bite, resolving up a fourth (to F). Whole-tone-scale dominant color in the vocabulary of bebop turnarounds and the impressionist-influenced dominants of Bill Evans and Thelonious Monk.
Commonly swapped with
- Same notes as C7#5
- Augmented triad C-E-G# is symmetric, shares structure with E7#5 and Ab7#5
- Resolves to F or Fm
