Augmented major seventh chord

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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

popular-music symbols
, it is denoted by augM7, +M7, +Δ7, M75, M7(5), M7/5, M7+5, maj+7, Δ+7, etc. For example, the augmented major seventh chord built on A, written as AaugM7, 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

melodic minor scales. For example, the third mode
of the A melodic minor scale outlines an augmented major seventh chord, as shown below.

As with

circle, thus III+M7 resolves to vi or VI.[2]
For example, in the key of A minor, C maj75 usually resolves to F.

Augmented major seventh chord table

Chord Root Major third Augmented fifth Major seventh
CaugM7 C E G B
CaugM7 C E G B
CaugM7 C E (F) Gdouble sharp (A) B (C)
DaugM7 D F A C
DaugM7 D F A C
DaugM7 D Fdouble sharp (G) Adouble sharp (B) Cdouble sharp (D)
EaugM7 E G B D
EaugM7 E G B (C) D
EaugM7 E Gdouble sharp (A) Bdouble sharp (C) Ddouble sharp (E)
FaugM7 F A C E
FaugM7 F A C E
FaugM7 F A Cdouble sharp (D) E (F)
GaugM7 G B D F
GaugM7 G B D F
GaugM7 G B (C) Ddouble sharp (E) Fdouble sharp (G)
AaugM7 A C E G
AaugM7 A C E (F) G
AaugM7 A Cdouble sharp (D) Edouble sharp (F) Gdouble sharp (A)
BaugM7 B D F A
BaugM7 B D Fdouble sharp (G) A
BaugM7 B Ddouble sharp (E) Ftriple sharp (G) Adouble sharp (B)

See also

References

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  2. ^ Benward & Saker (2003), p.232.