Augmented major seventh chord

augmented major seventh chord
Component intervals from root
	major seventh
	augmented fifth
	major third
	root
Tuning
	16:20:25:30
Forte no. / Complement
	4-19B / 8-19

In music, an augmented major seventh chord or major seventh sharp five chord is a seventh chord composed of a root, major third, augmented fifth, and major seventh (1, 3, ♯5, 7). It can be viewed as an augmented triad with an additional major seventh. When using popular-music symbols, it is denoted by e.g. +^Δ7. For example, the augmented major seventh chord built on A♭, written as e.g. A♭+^Δ7, has pitches A♭-C-E-G:

${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 4/4 \key c \major <as c e g>1 } }$

The chord can be represented by the integer notation {0, 4, 8, 11}.

The augmented major seventh chord is associated with the augmented scale^[1] (see jazz scale and chord-scale system). This chord also comes from the third mode of both the harmonic minor and the melodic minor scales. For example, the third mode of the A melodic minor scale outlines an augmented major seventh chord, as shown below.

${ \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \relative c' { \clef treble \time 7/4 \key a \minor \once \override NoteHead.color = #red c4^\markup { "3rd mode of A melodic minor scale" } d \once \override NoteHead.color = #red e fis \once \override NoteHead.color = #red gis a \once \override NoteHead.color = #red b c2 } }$

As with dominant seventh chords, nondominant seventh chords including the augmented major seventh usually progress according to the circle, thus III+^M7 resolves to vi or VI.^[2] For example, in the key of A minor, C maj^7♯5 usually resolves to F.

Augmented major seventh chord table

Chord	Root	Major third	Augmented fifth	Major seventh
C♭aug^M7	C♭	E♭	G	B♭
Caug^M7	C	E	G♯	B
C♯aug^M7	C♯	E♯ (F)	G (A)	B♯ (C)
D♭aug^M7	D♭	F	A	C
Daug^M7	D	F♯	A♯	C♯
D♯aug^M7	D♯	F (G)	A (B)	C (D)
E♭aug^M7	E♭	G	B	D
Eaug^M7	E	G♯	B♯ (C)	D♯
E♯aug^M7	E♯	G (A)	B (C♯)	D (E)
F♭aug^M7	F♭	A♭	C	E♭
Faug^M7	F	A	C♯	E
F♯aug^M7	F♯	A♯	C (D)	E♯ (F)
G♭aug^M7	G♭	B♭	D	F
Gaug^M7	G	B	D♯	F♯
G♯aug^M7	G♯	B♯ (C)	D (E)	F (G)
A♭aug^M7	A♭	C	E	G
Aaug^M7	A	C♯	E♯ (F)	G♯
A♯aug^M7	A♯	C (D)	E (F♯)	G (A)
B♭aug^M7	B♭	D	F♯	A
Baug^M7	B	D♯	F (G)	A♯
B♯aug^M7	B♯	D (E)	F (G♯)	A (B)

References

^ Coker, Jerry (1976). The Jazz Idiom, p.66. ISBN 0-13-509851-3.
^ Benward & Saker (2003), p.232.

[1] Coker, Jerry (1976). The Jazz Idiom, p.66. ISBN 0-13-509851-3.

[2] Benward & Saker (2003), p.232.

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Augmented major seventh chord table

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