Chord

Augmented Triad

  • aug
  • +
  • #5
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
CM3EM3G#

C Augmented Triad, written Caug, is built from C, E and G#: the root, major 3rd and sharp 5th.

In the progressions here, Caug is the I+ of the Major Line Cliché in C.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Whole Tone

    C Whole Tone

    The whole tone scale is in open, suspended harmony and works well with #5 chords.

  2. Mode of Melodic Minor

    C Lydian Augmented

Voicings All 4