Chord

D Augmented Triad

  • Daug
  • D+
  • D#5
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
DM3F#M3A#

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

In the progressions here, Daug is the I+ of the Major Line Cliché in D.

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 Lydian Augmented

Voicings All 4