E♭ augmented

E♭aug

Also written D♯aug · E♭+ · E♭(♯5) · E♭ augmented

NotesE♭ · G · B
Formula1 · 3 · ♯5
G3B♯5E♭1
Root position

Every note of E♭aug is a major 3rd from the next, so E♭aug, Gaug and Baug are the same three keys. As a V+ it pulls to A♭: the raised 5th leans up into its 3rd.

How pianists voice E♭aug

The same notes, laid out the way hands actually play them.

Open triad Spread

B♯5G3E♭1

1 · ♯5 · 3 — root and 5th below, the 3rd an octave up. The same three notes spread over two octaves: the sound of strings rather than a keyboard.

E♭aug inversions

The same 3 notes with a different one in the bass. Each inversion is written as a slash chord.

Root position E♭aug

G3B♯5E♭1

Root at the bottom, stacked in 3rds: 1 · 3 · ♯5.

1st inversion E♭aug/G

G3B♯5E♭1

G (the 3) in the bass: 3 · ♯5 · 1.

2nd inversion E♭aug/B

B♯5G3E♭1

B (the ♯5) in the bass: ♯5 · 1 · 3.

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