Chord

G Augmented Triad

  • Gaug
  • G+
  • G#5
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
GM3BM3D#

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

In the progressions here, Gaug is the I+ of the Major Line Cliché in G.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Whole Tone

    G Whole Tone

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

  2. Mode of Melodic Minor

    G Lydian Augmented

Voicings All 4