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A augmented major nine chord

About the A augmented major nine chord

A augmented major nine sits outside the plain diatonic set, so it is borrowed to add color and tension. Think of it as an A augmented major ninth chord.

Its notes are A, C, E, G, and B. The intervals are a major third, an augmented fifth, a major seventh, and a major ninth.

Inversions

A augmented major nine (root position)

Notes and intervals

1ARoot
2C sharpMajor 3rd
3E sharpAugmented 5th
4G sharpMajor 7th
5BMajor 9th

Shapes

Chromatic

CC♯D♭DD♯E♭EFF♯G♭GG♯A♭AA♯B♭B

Circle of Fifths

CGDAEBF♯G♭C♯D♭G♯A♭D♯E♭A♯B♭F

Other A chords

Simpler triads

Suspended

Sixths and sevenths

Extensions

Altered

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AaugMaj9 chord on piano shown as colored note dots
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