Augmented major seventh chord explained

Chord Name:	augmented major seventh chord
First Interval:	root
Second Interval:	major third
Third Interval:	augmented fifth
Fourth Interval:	major seventh
Forte Number:	4-19B
Complement:	8-19
Tuning:	16:20:25:30

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. +⁷. For example, the augmented major seventh chord built on A, written as e.g. A+⁷, has pitches A-C-E-G:

The chord can be represented by the integer notation .

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.

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 maj⁷⁵ usually resolves to F.

Augmented major seventh chord table

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

See also

• Jazz chord

Notes and References

1. Coker, Jerry (1976). The Jazz Idiom, p.66. .
2. Benward & Saker (2003), p.232.