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by supermegarockstar on April 13th, 2009
An augmented chord has a Root followed by a major 3rd followed by another major 3rd.
C E G#
D F# A#
Its basically a major triad, but instead of a perfect fifth its a raised fifth.
by Tom on April 20th, 2009
Another way you could look at the construction of an augmented chord is to notice that a MAJOR chord is build by combining the 1st, 3rd and 5th notes of a major scale; then the difference between the major chord and the augmented chord is that the 5th scale step is "sharped" (or augmented).
For example: C scale = C D E F G A B C
1 + 3 + 5 = C E G which is your Major chord
Raise the G to G# and it becomes an augmented chord (C-E-G#).
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Note that the symbol for an augmented C triad is C+
but the symbol for a diminished C triad
(in which both the G and the E get flattened)
is not C-
(instead it's C followed by superscript zero).
by palmagma on April 15th, 2009
excellent point...thanks
by supermegarockstar on April 16th, 2009