Augmented major seventh chord

augmented major seventh chord
Component intervals from root
major seventh
augmented fifth
major third
root
Tuning
16:20:25:30
Forte no. / Complement
4-19B / 8-19

In music, an augmented major seventh chord or major seventh sharp five chord is a seventh chord composed of a root, major third, augmented fifth, and major seventh (1, 3, ♯5, 7). It can be viewed as an augmented triad with an additional major seventh. When using popular-music symbols, it is denoted by e.g. +. For example, the augmented major seventh chord built on A♭, written as e.g. A♭+, has pitches A♭-C-E-G:

${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 \key c \major <as c e g>1 } }$

The chord can be represented by the integer notation {0, 4, 8, 11}.

The augmented major seventh chord is associated with the augmented scale (see jazz scale and chord-scale system). This chord also comes from the third mode of both the harmonic minor and the melodic minor scales. For example, the third mode of the A melodic minor scale outlines an augmented major seventh chord, as shown below.

${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 7/4 \key a \minor \once \override NoteHead.color = #red c4^\markup { "3rd mode of A melodic minor scale" } d \once \override NoteHead.color = #red e fis \once \override NoteHead.color = #red gis a \once \override NoteHead.color = #red b c2 } }$

As with dominant seventh chords, nondominant seventh chords including the augmented major seventh usually progress according to the circle, thus III+ resolves to vi or VI. For example, in the key of A minor, C maj usually resolves to F.

Augmented major seventh chord table

Chord	Root	Major third	Augmented fifth	Major seventh
C♭aug	C♭	E♭	G	B♭
Caug	C	E	G♯	B
C♯aug	C♯	E♯ (F)	G (A)	B♯ (C)
D♭aug	D♭	F	A	C
Daug	D	F♯	A♯	C♯
D♯aug	D♯	F (G)	A (B)	C (D)
E♭aug	E♭	G	B	D
Eaug	E	G♯	B♯ (C)	D♯
E♯aug	E♯	G (A)	B (C♯)	D (E)
F♭aug	F♭	A♭	C	E♭
Faug	F	A	C♯	E
F♯aug	F♯	A♯	C (D)	E♯ (F)
G♭aug	G♭	B♭	D	F
Gaug	G	B	D♯	F♯
G♯aug	G♯	B♯ (C)	D (E)	F (G)
A♭aug	A♭	C	E	G
Aaug	A	C♯	E♯ (F)	G♯
A♯aug	A♯	C (D)	E (F♯)	G (A)
B♭aug	B♭	D	F♯	A
Baug	B	D♯	F (G)	A♯
B♯aug	B♯	D (E)	F (G♯)	A (B)

References

Coker, Jerry (1976). The Jazz Idiom, p.66. ISBN 0-13-509851-3.
Benward & Saker (2003), p.232.

Chords

By form

Triad	Major Minor Augmented Diminished Suspended
Seventh	Leading-tone Major Minor Dominant Dominant seventh flat five Diminished Half-diminished Diminished major Minor-major Augmented major Augmented minor Altered seventh Nondominant Harmonic seventh
Extended	Ninth Eleventh Thirteenth Upper structure Dominant 7♯9 Polychord Tone cluster
Added / omitted	Sixth Augmented sixth Lydian Seven six
Specific	Alpha Bridge Complexe sonore Dream Elektra Farben Grandmother Magic Mystic Northern lights Petrushka Psalms So What Tristan Viennese trichord
General	Mixed interval Secundal Tertian Quartal Synthetic chord Tetrad

By function

Diatonic	Tonic Supertonic Mediant Subdominant Dominant Submediant Leading tone / Subtonic
Altered	Approach Borrowed Chromatic mediant Neapolitan Passing
Secondary	Secondary dominant Secondary leading-tone Secondary supertonic
Other	Common Contrast Primary triad Subsidiary Substitute

Techniques

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Seventh chords

Misplaced Pages

Augmented major seventh chord

Augmented major seventh chord table

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References