The Bizarre World of Augmented Chords

My pro theory songwriting course: Enroll in my Rhythm Training Course at ANY price! PDFs MP3’s for this lesson at my Patreon: Augmented chords are awkward, weird, and can seem useless. It took me a while to eventually grasp on what aug chords are capable of- as well as aug7 (or 7) chords. They’re certainly a unique sounding chord, and in this lesson we go over the basics behind how the triad is built, but also how it can be used in musical settings. Depending on your knowledge of music theory, this lesson may get too advanced near the end, but it should be simple to follow for the first half at least. Here’s how Mike Muggli made the ragtime piano bit: In this video: 00:00 Intro 00:29 Augmented Triad Basics 02:20 Swapping V for V 04:37 Adding Sevenths 05:48 Voice Leading 08:21 Augment Symmetry Composing 10:54 Lydian A