An augmented triad is a chord, made up of two major thirds (an augmented fifth)The term augmented triad arises from an augmented triad being considered a major chord whose top note (fifth) is raised When using popularmusic symbols, it is indicated by the symbol "" or "aug"For example, the augmented triad built on C, written as C, has pitches C–E–G ♯ Here's what they look like on the staff (The symbol for an augmented chord is a "" sign) CHORD SYMBOL DEFINITION A augmented chord appears in lead sheets as any of the following chord symbols C C5 Caug And here's what they look like on the keyboard Fingering Positions for Augmented Chords The Work Remember that a major triad is made of three notes, the root, the third, and the fifth, and an augmented triad is the same, but with the fifth augmented, or raised by a half step Example 1 shows the notes in a G major triad (G B D) and Example 2 shows the notes in a Gaug triad (G B D#) Example 3 depicts how to form a Gaug chord from
Augmented Chord
