Augmented sixth chord

1. How do you make an augmented 6th?
2. What is an augmented sixth interval?
3. How do you form augmented sixth chords?
4. What is a German augmented sixth chord?

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 sixth 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.

How do you form augmented sixth chords?

The augmented sixth chord can either be (i) an It⁺⁶ enharmonically equivalent to a dominant seventh chord (with a missing fifth); (ii) a Ger⁺⁶ equivalent to a dominant seventh chord with (with a fifth); or (iii) a Fr⁺⁶ equivalent to the Lydian dominant (with a missing fifth), all of which serve in a classical context ...

What is a German augmented sixth 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.