Augmented seventh chord
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The augmented seventh chord, or seventh augmented fifth chord,[1] or seventh sharp five chord is a seventh chord composed of a root, major third, augmented fifth, and minor seventh (1, 3, ♯5, ♭7).[2] It can be viewed as an augmented triad with a minor seventh.[3] When using popular-music symbols, it is denoted by +7, aug7,[2] or 7♯5. For example, the augmented seventh chord built on A♭, written as A♭+7, has pitches A♭-C-E-G♭:
Quick Facts Component intervals from root, Tuning ...
Component intervals from root | |
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minor seventh | |
augmented fifth | |
major third | |
root | |
Tuning | |
80:100:125:144 | |
Forte no. / | |
4-24 / |
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The chord can be represented by the integer notation {0, 4, 8, 10}.