Chord

E Augmented Triad

  • Eaug
  • E+
  • E#5
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
EM3G#M3B#

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

In the progressions here, Eaug is the I+ of the Major Line Cliché in E.

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 Lydian Augmented

Voicings All 4