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
Augmented dominant seventh chord on C

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 75. For example, the augmented seventh chord built on A, written as A+7, has pitches A-C-E-G:


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

The chord can be represented by the integer notation {0, 4, 8, 10}.

  1. ^ Kroepel, Bob (1993). Mel Bay Creative Keyboard's Deluxe Encyclopedia of Piano Chords: A Complete Study of Chords and How to Use Them, p. 15. ISBN 0-87166-579-4.
  2. ^ a b Garner, Robert (2007). Mel Bay Presents Essential Music Theory for Electric Bass, p. 69. ISBN 0-7866-7736-8.
  3. ^ Kostka, Stefan; Payne, Dorothy (2004). "The Dominant with a Raised 5th". Tonal Harmony with an Introduction to Twentieth-Century Music (6th ed.). New York. pp. 446–447. ISBN 978-0-07-332713-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)