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- What is an Augmented 6th chord in C Major?
- How do you make an augmented 6th?
- What is an augmented 6th interval?
- What is a German Augmented 6th chord?
What is an Augmented 6th chord in C Major?
In music theory, an augmented sixth chord contains the interval of an augmented sixth, usually above its bass tone. This chord has its origins in the Renaissance, was further developed in the Baroque, and became a distinctive part of the musical style of the Classical and Romantic periods.
How do you make an augmented 6th?
The augmented sixth interval is built from the low sixth scale degree and the raised fourth scale degree. For example, in the key of C, that would be the notes A flat and F#.
What is an augmented 6th interval?
Play (help·info)) is an interval produced by widening a major sixth by a chromatic semitone. For instance, the interval from C to A is a major sixth, nine semitones wide, and both the intervals from C♭ to A, and from C to A♯ are augmented sixths, spanning ten semitones.
What is a German Augmented 6th chord?
The German sixth chord is built on the fourth degree. It is a seventh chord. It is most commonly in the first inversion. Its root is raised in order to create an augmented sixth interval with the bass: German Sixth, A minor.
