Chord Du Jour Dictionary Gaug Chord
Augmented Chord In an augmented triad, the fifth or top of the three notes of the chord is sharpened (raised half a step) It is indicated by the symbol "" or "aug" For example, the C triad in a major scale is formed by playing C (the root note), E (the third note), and G (the fifth note) To create an augmented C triad chord, you would playIn a basic major C chord the notes are C E G the C to E note is a major third apart and the E to G is a minor third apart So, for an augmented chord we need to two major thirds, so we sharpen the G, this sharpened fifth note is " augmented "