The Bizarre World of Augmented Chords

Augmented chords are awkward, weird, and can seem useless. It took me a while to eventually grasp what aug chords are capable of — as well as aug7 (or +7) chords. They're certainly unique sounding, and in this lesson we cover the basics of how the triad is built and how it can be used in musical settings.

What You'll Learn

• Augmented triad basics and construction
• Swapping V for V+ in progressions
• Adding sevenths to create aug7 chords
• Voice leading with augmented chords
• Augmented chord symmetry and compositional uses
• Lydian Augmented scale
• MinMaj7 chord relationships