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Komixtntesteverstarchod comaumornemian « © 2018.07.18 « The augmented scale isa symmetrical scale and gives you the option of bulding minor, major or Augmented chords from the scale. | have guitar chord pattems forall the chords from a C augmented scale and discuss how to use the augmantes chords in chord progressions, ‘Also, 1st popular song examples that use some ofthe chord types so that you can see the practical application of the chords. mal oan)Augmented Scale & Augmented Chord Formula “There are two eiferent ways to bull the augmented scale, The augmented iad, onthe ather hand, is straightforward, Let's knock out the augmented iad chord formula fist. ‘You can think ofthe augmented tad as a major chord with an augmented Sth degree (AS). thas & ‘majoe hire (M3) similar to the major chord but the Sth s raised one semitone, The augmented iad formula is 1 oMa— AS or 3-45 we “The distance from the raot note ta the Sr of the chord i @ major re, and the cstance from the rd to ‘the Sth is anotner major third, Some people descrbe the chord as 2 “stacked” major rds: Mae M3 ‘Symbols used for te augmented chord \ ad are aug, +, +5, and #5. use ether aug or + forthe augmented triad and 15 fo al other augmented chords “The augmented scale is a 6-note symmetrical scale. lthat means isthe scale he ascending and descending and thai ides the octave into repeated interval, Other examples of symmetrical scales ae the whole fone scale and the diminished scale. Take a ook atthe Dolmetesh Musi Dictionary page (htps:vww dolmetsch.comidetsaZa.htr) on the augmented interval, augmented fith and augmented scale for @ more in-depth deiiton, You can also build an augmented tad on the tanie nae ef the Bebop Major, Whale Tone, and Alered scales and onthe 3rd degree of the Harmonic & Melodic minor scales Augmented scale formula “The frst formula forthe augmented scale isto add the notes of two augmented triads that are separated by a half step. For example, B+ nas the notes 8-DY-G and C+ has the notes C-E-Gf That leads to the following C augmented scale: C - DE-E -G-Ginas—B ‘Another formula that can be used to build the augmented scale isto add notes in the patern of minor 3rd (m3) and a minor 2nd (m2). I you look atthe notes in 1 will soe that they fllow that pattern, C augmented scale above, you CtoEs= ms Es\OFIOE= m2 EG=ms GtoGH\AD= ne Go B=ms Bioc= m2 So i's up to you which formula you use to buld the augmented scale‘Also, the augmented scale, Ike other symmetrical scales, repeats at regular Intervals —a major 36 for the augmented seal, ‘That means that any augmented soale has the came noles as augmented scales whose tonic is @ ‘major hire away, For example, the C augmented scale has the same notes asthe E augmented scale (043 from C) and the Gi augmented scales (M3 from E) ‘Therefore, there are only four augmented scales: C, Ds, D & Eb. To scale, ty bullting the Db, D & Eb augmented scales and use both formulas listed above at least once, understand the augmented Chords built from the C augmented scale “The number of chord types you can bulé on each scale degre is limited, and there isa symmty of chord types for notes soparated by a major third “There is aso the strange chord construction options that accurin other scales like the altered sc You have a choice of sitfrent3rds and Sths. The chord types bul from the augmented scale ar: Ma) & maj7, aug & ma#5, min & mma? The notes from the ¢ rag (C, E, GH) are the notes that can have a major of minor thd, and a perfect or augmented 5th. The B+ trad (B, Of, G) can only build augmented triads. “To summarize, the 6 noles ofthe augmented scale all build augmented triads. The tonic note ofthe ‘calo, Cin this case, also bulls @ major and minor triad, All throe © tiads also have @ major 7th interval available to acs to the trad. This gives the following chores ©, emai7 (om, Cm-mai? C+, omairas “Those same chord types can be bull onthe notes E and GiAb. A song example hat uses chords ‘tom the augmented scale is “Giant Steps" by John Coltrane where he uses the 3 major tiads in a B augmentes scale to create 3 key centers, ‘You can also bulé'@ m-mai7 chord on the tone ofthe harmonic and melodie minor scales, and on the 6th dogroe of the harmonic minor scale. The majTAS can also be buill an the tric ofthe major bebop scale andthe 3rd degree ofthe harmonic and melodic minor scales. CCheck out the table below to s0e al of the chords that are from the C augmented scale, The colurnns Equal! thru Equals are for chords that have the same notes asthe Chord Name column C Augmented Se ‘chords CHORD 1ST 2ND 53RD 4TH STH GTH_ «EQUAL EQUAL EQUAL NAME NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE CHORD! CHORD? CHORDS cma | c of-|-]- - - - omar fc | = | o | a | - | - - ~ 7 e [cleloal-|[-|-] e oH - cmajras | © o fe | - | - - - 7 om [ele lef-f-|- — ~ ~ ommai7| c fe | c [a | - | - - - 7CHORD 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH STH GTH_ EQUAL EQUAL EQUAL e |e |e fe |-|-)- | o Be - emi [© | ow [sa [| - | - | - = - ~ ema7 | © | ce |e | ow | - | - - - ~ e [= [oe fo ae ~ ems | € | ce | c [ow | - | - ~ ~ ~ em |= | ofa f- | - | - - - ~ emma] € | 6 | 8 | oe oe [o fe [ow ]-|-i|- if » - asmaj | a | c |e aoma7[ a [co fe fo | - | - - ~ ~ a fa |c |e f- | - | - | o ee - homavs| a fc | ec | o cim | oe [ 8 fo | - | - | - - - ~ ammai?| ce | 6 | ow | o | - | — = ~ ~ ew |e fo lef -f-]- | ee Ge 7 Note: When it came to As vs. Gt, | chose Gif for the minor chords but As forthe major and augmented chords, The exception inthe table above is forthe equal chords of C+ ang ‘8, Dif because Eis the lll chord in the C Harmonic & Melodic minor scales, Idi the same for Es+ Guitar chords from the C augmented scale | monly including guitar chords forthe augmented viad, maj7#6 & m-maj? chords. i have the major, ‘mai? and miner chord shapes in articles associated with those chords and in their appropriate categories. But | am including a minor chord here —the m-maj? chord, And that is because it contains an augmented within it and it equals a 6+ "Now know some theory guys are rong ther eyes atthe mention of a Sth chord wih a sharp fve. 1 know = I don't consider ita chord ether but I id see a 6+ chord in a U2 song. They probably should have notated it as an Am-maj7\C instead of C6 (or whatever the chord letter was) NOTES: + #3 MajT#5 chore 1s cfcult to hols. #2 sounds the best to me. ‘The #8 Maj7#5 chord shape: | prefer the voicing withthe root on high E as opposed to low E, + In general, | profer4 or more notes in an augmented triad, not 3-note versions. + Also, each note of an augmented Wiad can be the root of te chord, so I didnot include every possible fet poston. Just move the chord shapes a major 3rd and analyze the notes iis an open augmented chorClosed and bar augmented guitar chords from the augm Best closed voicings: #1 & 3 for Augmented rad, #1 & 4 for maj7#5, and ev #9847.ene aEHaug #1 Hbaug ss imajras )Eavmaiy © “aghuyhine OX oo 0 o 0 ooo | | [e0|:> 6 [ [Je] ! RoR SR R99 %3 RSH7 SR RET SK reir © tem Ome omni ° 0° 00 x OO o| |) [Le] > |} ° P| | Sr td 6) @ rie veR Rowe sR WoT wR When to use augmented chords (+, maj7#5, m-maj7) “The augmentes tia creates tension when its played and tre is an augmented tia within the ‘mai7#S andl the minor-majorTth chord. Tha tension needs resolution similar fo the tone in a V7 chord, though the resolutions not as sang “Take a look at my ate on The Triads in Music (hps:feveryoularchord.comivhats-atiad-tiads-n- rusio-theory-ou'tan te read more about the augmented trad ‘Augmented Triad “The augmented triad can be used in place of the V chord. For example, aC augment triad (C+) chord wil resoWve nicely to an F major chord. | thinkitis great asthe final V chocd in a blues turnaround ‘A Gaug chord will also resolve to an A minor iad, vi for CC augmented is the bls chord in both A harmonic and melodie minor scales. ‘Actually, each note inthe augmented triad can act as a majo 7tn leading tone, so @ C+ chord (CE: {Gi wil resolve tothe major AND minor chord one halestep above each ofthe chor tones: (C+ to F orFm (Eas the leading tone) (+ 10.A or Am (G# as the leacing tone) (C+ 0 CH Db oF Cam \ Dim (C asthe leading tone)Quite @ versatile chord, Ifyou are wrting a song, using an augmented trad would be great fr 8 ‘section witha change of Key to VI major orl major or minor. The last one being quite radical. So try using @ C+ chord fora key change to A major or Ds major or minor. ‘You could als play just the augmented Sth interval with surounding intervals, An example isthe song ‘Kashmir by Led Zeppelin: DS - D#5 —_08 —D7, the interval notes being D-A, D-AH,D-B, D-C. The DS & D7 are not chords. Hore are a lt of examplas thal use an augmented tad Beatles: Fikic’ A Hole, Miche Real Love, | Want You, Im Happy Just To Dance With You, All My Loving, | Am The Walrus, Oh Darling, Dear Prudence Grateful Dead: Casey Jones ‘Allman Brothers: Stormy Monday (hele version) Stevie Wonder: You Are The Sunshine Of My Life, I'You Really Love Me Da Beach Boys: Orange Crate Ar, Friends, Warmth Of The Sun Sting: Mag About You ‘The Who: Quadrophenia, Or Jimmy Led Zeppetin: The Rain Song, Stairway to Heaven Pink Floyd: Gunner's Dream Merle Travis: Gannon Ball Stomp Ricky Skaggs Life is Too Long (To Live Like This) Silverman's Folk Song Encyclopedia: The Rose of Tralee page 162 Vo. |, 0 Canada page 286,Vo. 11 Bowie: Never Let Me Down ‘Augmented major seventh chord (maj7#5) “This augmented chord can act as 2 substitution fora regular major Tho ereate tension also resolves toa, ior VI chord as in Cmal7HS to F, Am or A. | coulda’ find any popular song examples, but jazz guys use this chord a ot som sure thee are alot of jazz songs with this chord in them. “The mai7#S chord has a slightly nasty sound to me. | just donttlke it, therefore it wil never be a chord in my guitar chord box. Lot me know f you saw this chord in any Song that is nota jazz tune Minor major 7th chord (m-naj7) rm nota fan of this chord either — sounds ike dit (if et made @ sound) It's common in jaze asa tonie minor chord o erate tension. Whatever. n popular music, i's common touse it chromatcaly asin his E minor example: Em —Em-mai? —Em7 ~ Ems or without the minor th and back tothe Am sia. Here ae some song examples that use a mmaj? chord Coldplay: Speed of Sound Stevie Wonder: | Just Called to Say | Love You Beach Boys: When | Grow Up Beatles: Boys, Wichele, Something, Real Love, Cry Baby Cry, Baby You Can Drive My Car Pink Floyd: Us and Them“The Who: Quadrophenia Silverman's Folk Song Encyclopedia, Vo. I: Wandesin’ page 13, Let Us Break Bread Togothor page 102 Final thoughts Im nota fan of the augmented scale for soloing or the mj7#6 chord. For augmented triads, | would just use a whole fome seal rif. ts an interesting scale, but 'm nat ajazz player. So | don't use the augmented scale, but | do tke augmented triads and augmartad guitar chords that have a47in them. 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