Chord

D# Augmented 7

  • D#7#5
  • D#+7
  • D#7+
  • D#aug7
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Notes and intervals
D#M3F##M3A##2C#
Extends
D# Dominant 7

D# Augmented 7, written D#7#5, is built from D#, F##, A## and C#: the root, major 3rd, sharp 5th and minor 7th.

Its 3rd and 7th, F## and C#, are its guide tones: they say what kind of chord it is, so voicings are built around them and the root is often left to the bass. A7, a tritone away, has the same two notes the other way up, so it can stand in for D#7#5 as its tritone substitute.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Whole Tone

    D# Whole Tone

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

  2. Mode of Melodic Minor

    D# Super Locrian

Voicings All 14