Chord

E Augmented 7

  • E7#5
  • E+7
  • E7+
  • Eaug7
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
EM3G#M3B#2D
Extends
E Dominant 7

E Augmented 7, written E7#5, is built from E, G#, B# and D: the root, major 3rd, sharp 5th and minor 7th.

Its 3rd and 7th, G# and D, 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. Bb7, a tritone away, has the same two notes the other way up, so it can stand in for E7#5 as its tritone substitute.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Whole Tone

    E Whole Tone

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

  2. Mode of Melodic Minor

    E Super Locrian

Voicings All 14