![]() In Leslie Gore’s “It’s My Party”, the augmented triad is featured prominently under “cry if I want to” in the chorus. You will find these more complex harmonies in the rock songs of earlier years and peppered throughout jazz and blues. However, most contemporary popular songs use the augmented chord sparingly, if at all. “All My Loving” is an excellent example, with augmented chords in the chorus (first time at ): The Beatles, well known for their harmonic experimentation, have a few tunes that delve into the augmented realm. ![]() Since many of our favorite tunes stubbornly and consistently stay harmonically simple by sticking to four basic chords, adding in the augmented triad brings a bit of interesting flavor to a song. This triad is often used to create ambiguity and atonality in a work by functioning as a substitute dominant, or is found in the harmonic minor scale as the chord built on the third degree of the scale. This interesting chord built on two major triads provides a very unique sound that does not occur naturally in the diatonic scale.
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