Chord

Ab Augmented Triad

  • Abaug
  • Ab+
  • Ab#5
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
AbM3CM3E

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

In the progressions here, Abaug is the I+ of the Major Line Cliché in Ab.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Whole Tone

    Ab Whole Tone

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

  2. Mode of Melodic Minor

    Ab Lydian Augmented

Voicings All 4