augmented piano chords pdf An augmented chord contains a root note, a major third (m3) interval, and an augmented fifth (aug5), which is a perfect fifth (p5) raised one half step. think of an augmented chord as simply a major chord with the top note raised one half step. when writing the chord symbol, the suffixes for augmented chords include +, aug, and ♯5. one advantage of ♯5 is that it actually tells you what...
