Difference between revisions of "Augmented"

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Augmented chords are slightly 'stretched' - the fifth of a major triad is raised by a semitone. Contrast to diminished chords which are 'squashed'.

This video explains more:

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-Where [[diminished]] [[chords]] are 'squashed', augmented chords are slightly 'stretched' - the [[fifth]] of a [[major]] [[triad]] is raised by a [[semitone]]. Also see [[diminished]].
+Augmented chords are slightly 'stretched' - the [[fifth]] of a [[major]] [[triad]] is raised by a [[semitone]]. Contrast to [[diminished]] [[chords]] which are 'squashed'.
 This video explains more:
 <youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzMgzv5cP74</youtube>