I Put Augmented Chords Into 5 Popular Progressions

Watch this to learn how to use augmented chords in major and minor key progressions.
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Timestamps :
0:00 - I Put Augmented Chords Into 5 Popular Progressions
0:31 - What are augmented chords?
2:47 - How to use augmented chords in major key chord progressions
6:58 - How to use augmented chord in minor key chord progressions

[@WriteASong]

The chord every songwriter should know kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIS0p39vbpyEeJY

[@carltaylor4942]

Stevie Wonder got a lot of mileage out of this idea.

[@dananthony6258]

My uncle Curt Jensen who was in the rockabilly hall of fame used these chords all the time. He was so talented. Was a big Elvis fan , RIP uncle Curt.

[@m1p84]

Augmented chords are so beautiful when used in the right ways.

[@pietrolapera3008]

like maj7

[@MrGuitarristax]

You can also use the III augmented from the harmonic minor as a borrowed chord.

[@TheDeadOfNight37]

You would more commonly use that as a VII+

[@allinonetoolboxsupersafe115]

Isn't the III augmented just a I augmented?

[@MrGuitarristax]

@@allinonetoolboxsupersafe115 Actually, what I mean is the bIII aug from the harmonic minor. In C, it's Eb(#5). So it's not the I augmented. And it functions as a 3rd degree (if you're not using it in other ways such as modulation).

[@JUNava2795]

glad to see the royal road progression here

[@rome8180]

I find using I+ as a transition from I to vi can be awesome. It's essentially the same concept you laid out in the I to IV movement at 4:18. But I think it might be an even stronger movement because the final chromatic note is the root note of the vi chord as opposed to being the third of the IV chord.

[@inf1n1typlus1]

It sounds especially good IMO if you go back to the I+ after the vi and then going back to the I

[@christopherheckman7957]

@@inf1n1typlus1Change the major chords to minor chords, and you have "the James Bond chord progression".

[@bubba893]

7:55 reminds me of chopins prelude in c minor

[@jfo3000]

Barry Manilow

[@Chimp_No_1]

Really interesting and helpful ! Thank you for sharing !

[@WriteASong]

You're welcome!

[@tljmusic]

Thanks! I’m excited to tinker with this idea.

[@WriteASong]

You're welcome, enjoy!

[@chrishelbling3879]

Technically, the E+ is spelled E, G#, B#, not C. Heh heh, I said "not C," heh heh.

[@stephenlupoli]

John Lennon and Beatles used them. Starting Over by John Lennon. (The second chord in he progression)

[@christopherheckman7957]

The Beatles used all kinds of weird chords.

[@BillGraper]

7:55 That sounds eerily similar to the chord progression for "Could It Be Magic" by Barry Manilow, which was derived from Chopin's Prelude in C minor, Opus 28, Number 20.

[@kevinbush4300]

I hear the Chopin but didn’t know that about Could It Be Magic… can’t quite hear it

[@nxyuu]

@@kevinbush4300 I mean the intro to the song is literally the same Prelude

[@kevinbush4300]

@@nxyuu ah yes… I didn’t remember it. But reading your response I could kind of hear it mentally - so i searched it and yes! The same.

[@edzielinski]

Very interesting and useful! Thanks!

[@WriteASong]

You're welcome!

[@magnetboymusic]

Great video🙏

[@WriteASong]

Thanks!

[@psazani]

i love the plus symbooo

[@jonlohrenz5446]

Although you can’t invert augmented chords, I’ve noticed they are very close to minor major 7 chords. For instance: the E minor major 7 chord is very close to Eb augmented. I’ve written a song where I interchange the chords at different moments and it works really well.

[@thomasfulton1956]

Thank You so Much

[@WriteASong]

You're welcome

[@scottt9382]

Good content and visuals! - and I always love all the theory - maybe consider a little more attendant music - and - when playing, say, a progression, maybe play it twice so we can lock in the feel a little better - each time, I was hoping you would run through each progression another time

[@WriteASong]

Thanks for the feedback, I'll make a note to use it in my next video.

[@gangpardos3833]

That V+ - i is awesome. I thought V7-i was great but this is even better.

[@WriteASong]

Agreed!

[@tomghzel]

Nice someone else still using Guitar Pro! 💪💪💪

[@WriteASong]

Absolutely!

[@pauloing1pauloing167]

03:05 click here to start the video

[@inf1n1typlus1]

Augmented chords sound so cool

[@WriteASong]

I agree!

[@christopherheckman7957]

7:35 Going from V to V+ to i is also an anticipation.

[@nxyuu]

or it could be used as an appoggiatura if you're going from V+ to V to i. (like in Chopin's funeral march)

[@John-dw5pn]

Great stuff. Music major studying tonal music theory and this tutorial has been illuminating. Perfect combination of theory and application! New subscriber!

[@WriteASong]

Thanks for subscribing!

[@9coil]

Awesome lesson! Quick newbie question.On Example 3 the last chord looks like it's resolving to the IV chord/ F - 3rd inversion? Was curious if I'm missing something. Thank you.

[@WriteASong]

Well spotted! I made a mistake in the video and forgot to input a G chord at the end. But F works in this position as well.

[@9coil]

@@WriteASong Thank you so much.

[@farmz0r]

cool video - thanks for sharing, I definitely learned something. On the feedback side, I don't want to listen to a talk about a chord prorogression that I (might) not have in ear. it's like I tell you details about the new derpaton I just bought for 5mins and you have zero clue what I'm talking about the whole time. Neither your interest nor your memory for details will be peaking. I highly recommend demonstrating what it sounds like instantly before nerding about it, I was very very close to closing the vid/skipping 90% ;) In fact I skipped quite a bit

[@WriteASong]

That's fair enough, thanks for the feedback!

[@orchestrate]

to demonstrate such things, use higher octaves on the piano. makes it a lot more sonically tangible. gj. edit: OH Also, before you play the version with the augmented chord added, try playin it without the augmented chord first.

[@pavellitkin2773]

augmented chord in I V V+ vi IV looks good in piano roll, but sounds bad for my ear, may be if other chords will be 7th or 9th it will be better, idk

[@MatthewSwasta]

Hook Theory hookpad

[@RummanNaser]

Pyrocynical is that you

[@WriteASong]

😅

[@neilsjmcmahon]

The aug chord b you played was major

[@jonj1163]

Not true actually. Classical music is full of augmented chords! Think Debussy, Holtz, Ravel, Stravinsky, Bartok.

[@anidiot4702]

yeah i was thinking about that considering they’re (considered) some of the greatest composers ever, so it really doesn’t make sense that they would refrain from using them

[@jonj1163]

@@anidiot4702 Exactly. Maybe this guy just isn't very well versed in classical music. Maybe he's a pop guy, who knows.

[@manubigot42]

Those are not "classical" musicians, the classical musicians were Mozart, Haydn, for example (classicism)

[@jonj1163]

@@manubigot42 I mean sure, if you're mincing words. But I'm sure he had the baroque, Romantics, 20th century etc when he said that. Are you not aware that people use "classical" as a blanket term for a wide array of European music? Well now you know. When people say "I like classical music" they're generally not just talking about the classicists.

[@weepingscorpion8739]

@@jonj1163 This ^.

[@Henrix1998]

It feels like to me that the final G+ should be called something else and go to G7 before Cm

[@nuberiffic]

Isn't an augmented chord considered a type of major chord because it has a major third?

[@jasonwojcik]

Pink Floyd's use of augmented chords was puzzling. After watching this, I am wondering if they misapplied the theory.

[@krekcabnow2910]

The idea that classical music doesn’t use augmented chords simply because they do not appear in the minor scale is not correct on multiple levels. Classical counter point sharpens the 7th degree of the scale to get a leading tone and dominant function this creates an augmented chord in the scale.

[@pwrhr]

5:36 is not a G

[@WriteASong]

Well spotted, not sure how I missed that!

[@anitabonghit2758]

The 'holy grail' does exist. I have heard thousands examples of it. The standard I V vi IV was once unique and original

[@FenceThis]

I see no reason why augmented chords aren’t major chords

[@ldf4064]

Or “can’t” be inverted.

[@SybilGrace]

A Major chord contains a perfect 5th to add stability and the minor 3 sound. By definition the augmented chord is not a major chord. The augmented is symmetrical and dissonant, not qualities associated with Major. So though it does contain a Maj 3rd, calling it a major chord with disregard triad theory and the implicit meaning of a major tonality.

[@SybilGrace]

​@@ldf4064it can't be inverted because all inversions of it end up being symmetrical. Technically it can be inverted but due to its symmetrical nature the inversions of it end up just being a different augmented chord in root position.

[@aidandorado1178]

@@SybilGracemkay but what’s stopping me from playing a c major with a flat 6 and omitting the 5th as opposed to a c aug?

[@SybilGrace]

@@aidandorado1178 nothing is stopping you, if you want to think of the Augmented chord that way and call it a CMajb6(no5) that is your choice, but that's much more obscure and doesn't fit the theoretical/classical definition of a chord (built upon a triad).

[@dan_kay]

Huh?? That doesn't even sound remotely like Free Bird...

[@braydencoversbeatles4029]

is it just me or does the piano sound super out of tune?

[@fetmar]

I think it would sound less out of tune if it were an octave up in some of the examples.

[@Kaskh1122]

It’s just you

[@deadbabiesinvomit]

The best one I think was the minor example. Can you do a post on ways of using melody with Augmented chords. And posh ways of playing Augmented chords. Like C double the 3rd and octave with B minor in the high notes