Augmented Triad

An Augmented Triad is one that has the Major Third and a sharperned fifth.

As with triads that mess with the natural order of 'harmony' this triad produces a 'danger' or 'scary' type of sound. It has an intense flavour and would be used sparingly in the middle octaves. Another thing to understand is that this chord will not occur naturally in any key. The mysterious thing about this triad is that it will be replicated on guitar every four frets with a different enharmonic spelling with the same formation.

Augmented Triad: ROOT, M3, 5+