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Whenever a Perfect Interval or a Major Interval is made a Half Step larger, we describe its Quality as
Augmented. Example: C and G are a 5th apart. G is not one of the notes in a C Major Scale, but G is.
Since C to G is a Perfect Fifth (P5), C to G would be an Augmented Fifth (A5).
The Inversion of an Augmented Interval results in a Diminished Interval.

An Augmented 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, or 14 Made Smaller

by one Half Step, becomes a Major Interval.

An Augmented 1, 4, 5, 8, 11, or 12 Made Smaller by

one Half Step becomes a Perfect Interval.

Of all the Augmented Intervals, the Augmented Fourth (A4) and the Augmented Sixth (A6) are the
most commonly used. The A4 is the interval between the seventh and the third of the Dominant Seventh
Chord (V7) in Second Inversion, while the A6 is the interval of the outer voices in the French, German,
and Italian Augmented 6th chords.

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