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Augmented seventh chord

augmented seventh chord
Component intervals from root
minor seventh
augmented fifth
major third
root
Tuning
80:100:125:144
Forte no. / Complement
4-24 / 8-24

The augmented seventh chord About this sound Play , or seventh augmented fifth chord, or seventh sharp five chord is a dominant seventh chord consisting of an augmented triad with a minor seventh. Thus, it consists of a root, major third, augmented fifth, and the minor seventh. Thus in the key of C major it would be C, E, G, and B as in the figure. It may be notated with the chord symbols Cm+7, Cmaug7, C+7, Caug7, or C75, and can be represented by the integer notation {0, 4, 8, 10}.

The root is the only optional note in an augmented seventh chord, the fifth being required because it is raised. This alteration is useful in the major mode because the raised 5th creates a leading tone to the 3rd of the tonic triad. See also dominant.

In rock parlance, the term Augmented seventh chord is sometimes confusingly and erroneously used to refer to the so-called "Hendrix chord", a 79 chord which contains the interval of an augmented ninth but not an augmented fifth.


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