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Using the Augmented Chord: Example #2

In this next musical example, we hear a common usage of Augmented chords: to create a sustained sense of mystery. Let's listen to that now:

By merely playing one Augmented chord over and over in different inversions, we bring a certain mystique to the music. Yes, just like Major and minor chords, Augmented chords can be played in inversions. Bars 1 through 5 are merely one C Augmented chord played in different inversions. But they are also more than that. Each inversion is also a brand new Augmented chord.

In bar 1, beat 1, we start with a C Augmented chord in root position. Beat 3 is a different inversion of that C Augmented chord, but it is also an Ab (or G#) Augmented chord.  

And while bar 2, beat 1 is yet another inversion of the C Augmented chord, it is also an E Augmented chord. This is followed in beat 3, by our original C Augmented chord, one octave lower. What this means is that any single augmented chord contains the same notes as two other augmented chords.

For example, the C Augmented chord is formed by the same notes that form an E Augmented chord and a G# (or Ab) Augmented chord: