Augmented 6th Chords - Music Theory

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Augmented 6th Chords - Music Theory

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Understand augmented 6th chords, how to identify and use them in both major and minor keys. augmented 6ths fall into a category known as chromatic chords. They add colour, variety, an element of unpredictability, and tension to music. So do you know your augmented 6th chords? Do you know your Italian 6th from your French 6th from your German 6th? In this music theory lesson all is explained. Lots of composers feel rather boxed in using a diet of diatonic chords ie chords that belong to a particular key. They are dying to venture out to a richer chordal world. augmented 6ths provide a significant part of the answer. Many performers realise that something colourful is happening in a piece but are not sure what these colourful chords are. Those undergoing harmonic analysis will also need to know how to identify augmented 6ths. Furthermore, there are three kinds of augmented 6th - the Italian 6th, the French 6th, and the German 6th. It’s often presented in text books in an over-complicated way. In this music theory lesson the augmented 6th chords are explained in such a way that you will end up being clear on the topic.
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0:00 - Introduction to augmented 6th chords
0:49 - Building an augmented 6th chord
2:51 - Italian, French and German sixths
5:06 - How might you use them?
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@tweedybird1549 4 жыл бұрын

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@TobyAkogare 3 ай бұрын

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@MusicMattersGB 3 ай бұрын

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@user-yv3xr1qc6t 7 ай бұрын

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@MusicMattersGB 6 ай бұрын

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@carbonmonoxide5052 3 жыл бұрын

An interesting way to think about the German 6th is that it is the tritone substitution of the II7 chord, which could be used to resolve to a V7 chord, but that's more of a jazz harmony thing.

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@ephjaymusic 4 жыл бұрын

I keep referring back to this video! It is a magnificent display of the character of the chords and presented flawlessly! Thank you!

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@callahanbevilacqua8384 Жыл бұрын

You sir are saving a music theory student in desperate need of a clear explanation, so thank you greatly!

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@ariannelakra6108 3 жыл бұрын

You're the only one who could explain it effectively to me. Thanks!

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@arisaris3484 3 жыл бұрын

This is the clearest explanation I've ever heard describing the the 3 augmented 6th chord French, Italian & German.

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@jojothompson 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for a brilliant explanation of Augmented 6ths! This is the only video I've found which helps me understand the concept

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@cindytartt4048 2 жыл бұрын

To understand this properly though, one needs to understand that an augmented 6th above the A flat is f sharp & 10 half steps or semitones above the A flat.

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

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@tevbuff 5 жыл бұрын

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@MusicMattersGB 5 жыл бұрын

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@marnieholdsworthgreen8449 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! I have my first undergrad theory exam next week for the tonality module we did throughout first semester. I just watched your video on dim 7s and now onto augmented 6ths as I realised I just did not know the difference between the three types. This was so helpful 😄

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@ledzeprulz 3 жыл бұрын

You explain this expertly; far better than my professor (who has found it in himself to complicate it to no end). Thank you for making me ENJOY these wonderful chords rather than dread them!!

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

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@brendanmcgrane1577 5 жыл бұрын

only an Englishman could explain this as concisely and accessible as you have done sir. Well done, subbed!

@MusicMattersGB 5 жыл бұрын

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@lawrencetaylor4101 10 ай бұрын

I'm paying close attention to the finger pattern, but this is beyond my pay grade....for now. But your videos present complex musical ideas in simple ways, so that when I'm ready to add this to my repertoire, I'll be prepared. Merci.

@MusicMattersGB 10 ай бұрын

That’s great

@joebloe9901 Жыл бұрын

Great lesson! Thank you. Ive played and studied these chords for years but never understood them. When you pointed out that these chords are chromatic chords...the light came on upstairs. The connection you made, in my mind, is that these chords are basically chromatic mediant chords. I was always thinking of them as secondary dominants so it didn't add up and they confused me. Chromatic chords explains everything thank you.

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

That’s brilliant. Enjoy!

@stevensarens7700 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! And I just discovered for myself that the augmented 6th (especially the French) can also dramatically go to Vsus4, then V, and finally I.

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

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@cindytartt4048 2 жыл бұрын

I believe Mozart liked this particular progression

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

True

@djn1942 21 күн бұрын

In modern harmony context, the augmented 6th (based of Classical Harmony) is equivalent to the modern Substitute Dominant of G7. Thus, the French Augmented 6th based on Db is equivalent to the

@MusicMattersGB 21 күн бұрын

That’s true in part but there is an enharmonic difference and the two chords function in different ways.

@MorganHayes_Composer.Pianist Жыл бұрын

another super clear explanation from you. I arrived here after discussing the last movement of Mozart's 24th Concerto with a freind and he said that the last movement has great examples of Aug 6th harmony (which indeed it does!)

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@Andersabjorn1 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for explaining this and a fantastic video:) thanks :)

@MusicMattersGB 6 жыл бұрын

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@RocknRollkat Жыл бұрын

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@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

Welcome!

@RocknRollkat Жыл бұрын

Thank you !

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

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@xavierignatiuscordeiro8336 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been battling with TCL’s somewhat confusing explanations on this. This was incredibly useful! Thanks so much, and you’re now my go-to for anything related to theory!

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

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@markdavenport2613 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for breaking this down. Others on KZfaq have given some explanations of this, but I can wrap my head around this much better with your description.

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

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@PhatMon920 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Clear explanation and I like how you added where it can be used within a piece of music. Excellent video!

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

Glad it’s useful

@everygrain3008 4 ай бұрын

Fabulous explanation - thanks!

@MusicMattersGB 4 ай бұрын

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@DirkArnez 3 жыл бұрын

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@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

It’s a pleasure. Good to have you with us.

@kaumowammu Жыл бұрын

One thing I find helpful is to think of the scale degrees. So with the french chord, instead of speaking of adding an augmented fourth on top of the augmented sixth, think of adding the supertonic (2nd scale degree).

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

Yes. That works

@cinder7127 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for using simple language such as "Ic" instead of whatever wacky notation I see other videos use for inversions :)

@MusicMattersGB 4 ай бұрын

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@javierlezcano2964 4 жыл бұрын

Aunque no hablo ingles,pude entender definitivamente los acordes 6th aumentados! Genial maestro!

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

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@bryan1198 4 жыл бұрын

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@jessicapsalmist8205 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this simple amazing video. So grateful

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@alexmckenzie8491 Ай бұрын

For guitarists out there, in the key of C - play a G7 dominant 7th and slide it all up a half tone. Then you will have A flat, C, E flat and G flat/(=F sharp). That's a GERMAN augmented 6th. Now take out the E flat (5th) and you are left with three notes and an ITALIAN augmented 6th. For a FRENCH augmented 6th, replace the E flat of the GERMAN aug with a D (so lowering by a half tone).

@MusicMattersGB Ай бұрын

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@brunoescoto9630 6 жыл бұрын

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@AdolfoBouchot 4 ай бұрын

I have an exam in 20 minutes, this video solved the problem, wish me luck!

@MusicMattersGB 4 ай бұрын

Hope it’s gone well

@violinstar5948 2 жыл бұрын

This is a fantastic video to accompany Trinity Grade 8 Theory of Music.

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

It should be very helpful for that.

@vasilismouskouris 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing lesson!!! One of the best videos, perhaps THE best out there, about these amazing chords! And your teaching is amzing too, right to the point and very well presented!!!

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

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@rodmac8358 Жыл бұрын

Beautifully explained, thanks!

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

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@-1subswithoutuploadingavid621 4 жыл бұрын

Wow I spent ages trying to figure it out for my A level music but you put it so simply haha, thank you sir!

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

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@musicaecorda 3 жыл бұрын

Good thing I found this. I was searching this musical analysis of Mozart’s Lacrimosa, saw a video and they said something about german aug. 6 chords.

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@shadowhunterartemis 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. I didn't know I needed my friendly British dad to teach me about Augmented 6th chords but I really did

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@edgenovese 6 жыл бұрын

So much fun the way you teach and what you share, always a smile here across the pond !

@MusicMattersGB 6 жыл бұрын

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@anamarinelarena1738 2 жыл бұрын

THEE most helpful man on this platform, thank you so much.

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@GreggOliverBass 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much on your help with this. This is much easier for a jazz or rock musician to understand and apply when its relationship to b6 Dom 7ths as you did (and the added color tones), the the movement to the V and the I. I'll have to think about minor Aug 6ths from this same perspective

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@Rhemzzzy Жыл бұрын

I have exams in the next 4hours. You've saved my life

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

Hope the exam went well!

@Rhemzzzy Жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB it went great. Thank you so much and keep up the excellent work

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@dreamrevolutiontribe 2 жыл бұрын

You explained the augmented chords beautifully! Thank you!

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

@cardcountrymusic9981 11 ай бұрын

Great explanation, lovely guy. Thank you💖

@MusicMattersGB 11 ай бұрын

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@arjanpelle 2 жыл бұрын

Great explanation, as all videos I've seen so far are. Some of them I've revisited a few times already. Certainly going to sign up for a plan or course on their website later this year when I'll have more time on my hands.

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@thelonious-dx9vi 3 жыл бұрын

Totally got it now, cheers for that. I can't quit my brain from hearing Ab7 though. So I hear tritone sub of V of V --> V --> I. But this was fuzzy and you've completely cleared it up for me. Thanks again.

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

That’s great. The important thing is context. Hear the chord followed by the resolution chord then you won’t hear it as V7. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk including details of our online courses and of our exciting Maestros programme.

@thelonious-dx9vi 3 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB Context. Yes. Thanks Gareth, will do.

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

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@ee753 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this video. I learned a lot of it.

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

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@cooukie Жыл бұрын

thank you so much! this is way more helpful than my college professor

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

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@stefanodigarbo4735 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Gareth. Crystal-clear as usual, thanks a lot. What about placing a natural E in there? As in Ab / C / E / F#. What nationality would that aug 6 be? I'm Italian so I'm OK already, so let's call it the British aug 6 in your honour! Cheers

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

Good question! I’m honoured!!

@stefanodigarbo4735 3 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB I looked up un Wikipedia, all languages available for the aug 6 chord, and managed to find Swiss, Australian and Japanese versions, but none of them is the note pattern I called British. That's quite curious, because I can't think of any other harmonic syntagma with those four notes. Wikipedia English even mentions the Tristan-accord under the aug 6 article, but I think it's quite far-fetched. What do you think Gareth? Shall we really introduce the British aug 6? I'll immediately write a chorale with it! 😊 😅

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

Go for it! Some of these other possibilities are somewhat spurious.

@Danumurti18 3 жыл бұрын

they're hendrix chord that being modified (without the #9, sometimes plus #4), or tritone substitution for pre dominant chord, which you can also play G#m7b5 for the tonic C.

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

Certainly there’s a link but there are subtle differences too.

@alexanderyozzo 2 жыл бұрын

I see your tritons sub point. It is sorta like a triton sub for a II7 chord. The french having the added 11 (4 = same note as 11 inverted)

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

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@Bass60134Player 5 ай бұрын

I write music for church and every time I write an augmented 6th chord at least one of the musicians skeptically asks if that is the right note.

@MusicMattersGB 5 ай бұрын

Classic!

@babackd.6485 2 жыл бұрын

I cannot thank you enough for these videos.

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

@73dem6vmo7 Жыл бұрын

You are referri ng to the parallel 5ths going from II-V with the German 6th, but those 5ths (sometimes referred to as the Mozart 5ths) are allowed.

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

I know there’s flexibility in this case but many theorists advise avoiding them if at all possible

@melissajj731 Жыл бұрын

thanks so much for the walk through :)

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

A pleasure. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk

@tomhamilton5707 6 жыл бұрын

Great stuff. Thank you very much for the informative, practical, and concise info

@MusicMattersGB 6 жыл бұрын

A pleasure! See www.mmcourses.co.uk for much more

@LeighGhostTao 3 жыл бұрын

Great explanation, can I ask why the F# above the Ab is called an augmented 6th and not a minor 7th? Is it because the assumed scale belonging to the Ab would have a major 7th? Cheers 😊

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

A something to F something has to be called a 6th because by counting F as 1 A is 6. This is why it can’t be a 7th. Ab to Gb would be a 7th.

@ljl451 3 жыл бұрын

You explain extremely well.

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

You’re most kind. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk

@igarok6520 2 жыл бұрын

I'm from Ukraine. We don't use Italian chord at all, but French and German chords is widely used, but named DD chord (dominant to dominat), also German named «pseudoD7» and uses before dominant chord, usually D7

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

That’s interesting. Hope you’re doing okay in the current circumstances.

@igarok6520 2 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB Thank you, I'm as fine as it possible...

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

Not an easy time

@igarok6520 2 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB Thanks for your videos, especially about Bach's harmony. I'm violist, but harmony is my favourite subject

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

@Nobody-yx8og 5 ай бұрын

Thank youuu, I hope I can do well in my exam tomorrow

@MusicMattersGB 5 ай бұрын

Good luck!

@SamuelPeckman 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I found this video was a very good explanation of the augmented sixth chord

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

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@pipgrace8333 3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou for making this so easy to understand . Your teaching is so helpful . Is the German Augmented 6th the only one you can use for modulation into other keys or can the others be used aswell say to G Major or A Major using the F Sharp and Ab as G Sharp respectively Many thanks

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

A pleasure. You can modulate using any of these. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk

@pipgrace8333 3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou for replying Much appreciated

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

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@sephxus9379 Жыл бұрын

Great lesson man. :)

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

You’re very kind. Much more at www.mmcourses.co.uk

@rutheproppi6265 4 жыл бұрын

Maestro: This is teaching! In the time set 6:27 when you have the German Augmented 6th you state you can go from the Augmented 6th Chord to the V Chord (Question? is this the bE Flat V Chord?) You explained that you will end up with Parallel 5th's (bA Note and bE are 5th's) I am not a music genius like you so from the German Augmented 6th Chord do we go to bE 5th Chord or the C Major Chord G B D F?You state that it is better to go from the German Augmented 6th to the 1C (Question? is that the first inversion of the C Chord (EGC) and then to the V Chord (GBDF). Will you please "squeeze" a second to explain. Again, thank you much, indeed, for your time, kindness for your video.Respects,R

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

lc is a second inversion chord. So in C Major it’s CEG but with G as the lowest note. Chord V in C Major is GBD. The German 6th can progress to either of these chords.

@JamSessionJay 2 жыл бұрын

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@paulthiebaut Жыл бұрын

Crystal clear explanations, you're a great teacher thanks a lot for this video ! Just one question, is the neapolitan sixth related to any of these sixths as well ?

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

The Neapolitan is really a different chord. It’s a major chord on b2.

@paulthiebaut Жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB Oh ok thank you for your input !

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

A pleasure

@thelonious-dx9vi 3 жыл бұрын

Great lesson. Cheers.

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

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@philipstapert3517 Жыл бұрын

In 1/4 comma meantone or 31 tone equal temperament an augmented 6th sounds like a harmonic 7th, a 7:4 ratio!

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

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@KalpaHettiarachchi 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the wonderful lesson 😊

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@trevorfurness5695 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Gareth, Thank you very much for your excellent video, once more clear, concise and very helpful. Also, I was wondering if you could clear something up for me? If I was in the key of Eb Major and I played the following chord: Cb Eb F# A resolving to a second inversion of the tonic chord of Eb, could this be interpreted as a German Sixth chord? I understand that the German Sixth contains a perfect fifth, but in this example the interval from the bass Cb to F# is actually a doubly augmented 4th. How important is the spelling of this chord and what are the consequences of using enharmonic versions for the identity and functionality of the chord in question? Many thanks for any help you might be able to give me.

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

The F# should be written as a Gb to be an authentic German 6th but you can alter enharmonics to create other possibilities and that’s something that makes Augmented 6th chords flexible.

@trevorfurness5695 4 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB Thank you very much for clearing this up for me, you have put my mind at rest and whetted my appetite to learn more!

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

That’s great.

@entertainer9076 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

@bryan1198 4 жыл бұрын

In minor keys, we do not have to lower the 6th scale degree. Keep that in mind.

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely.

@stalkerstomper3304 4 жыл бұрын

So an Englishman walked into a bar, and sat beside a French, German, Italian, and Neopolitan. After a few too many drinks, the conversation became very augmented and resulted in all of them trying to wrap a chord around each other's neck a total of 6th times. Yeah. It was quite an interesting sight.

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

That adds a fitting light-hearted postscript to the video!

@SamuelPeckman 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. This was very helpful.

@MusicMattersGB 5 жыл бұрын

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@filippesta8953 Жыл бұрын

What about if the key is A minor- can you still build an augumented 6th and if so, how? Thank you for your time and answer

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Build it on the 6th degree.

@elementrypenguin3116 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

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@aberhan 2 жыл бұрын

Could you explain why it’s called an augmented 6th, when the 6th has been diminished not augmented? Then the augmented 6th becomes the 6th degree above this now finished or lowered original 6th. I can understand what it is but not why it is? An augmented 6th that is built on the diminished 6th of the major scale?

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

Focus on the augmented 6th between the bottom and top of the chord rather than on the degree of the scale on which the chord is built and you’re there.

@mattwallis1893 2 ай бұрын

Any tips on how to move into an aug6 chord? Same question applies to N6, any chord progressions that show these chords in context? Thanks

@MusicMattersGB 2 ай бұрын

Chord IV in first inversion is often the most successful approach chord.

@frizz1024 2 жыл бұрын

If you want to identify a german 6th chord (by hearing it) how do you know if its a dominant 7th chord or a german 6th?

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

By what follows it

@mattdogg86 3 жыл бұрын

Why is the recipe require starting on the minor 6 ? Is it used like a 4 minor chord in major ? But then the f# is like a Neapolitan minor 2 in Fminor . Is this where the Neapolitan function is used ? Trying to figure this stuff out thanks

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

It’s simply a recipe I teach people in order to ensure they have the chord accurately placed in any given key.

@kapowrobot7942 4 жыл бұрын

Simple concise video. I am still not sure why these are called augmented 6th chords. I always referred to these generically as #Dom7 (or bII7/V). Basically a Phrygian cadence to the V (assuming that is the path you take). Adding the ^2 creates an added tension to the Phrygian cadence in this context (it creates an additional tritone tension). I guess my confusion is just in the naming convention. Does augmented refer to the 5th degree? I think it has something to do with this actually being an altered borrowed chord from the parallel minor scale -> bVI7 (the flat 3rd is a clue). Thus the 6th of the 6th degree chord in context of the parallel minor being augmented. But why was it ever refereed to this way? Was there typically modulation to the parallel minor and this was a means to modulate back to the parallel major in a sneaky fashion? I know I am overthinking here. But just another digression. Just seems a weird way to define this chord if you think of the context of its function.

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

There is an augmented 6th between the bottom and top of the chord. That’s why it’s better to think of it as an augmented 6th than as a minor 7th. For example, AbCEbF# is a German 6th in C, as opposed to AbcEbGb which is a V7 in Db. They sound the same as each other but function differently.

@cbolt4492 11 ай бұрын

Amazing 😎

@MusicMattersGB 11 ай бұрын

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@Leetcodegirlca 3 жыл бұрын

what about the Swiss version? or the doubly augmented fourth

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

😀

@mrchoon2010 Жыл бұрын

I wish I studied music I'm here because I've noticed that I can play in Dm on my son's xylophone, and although I don't have Bb the B natural kind of works. This means a minor scale can be played with a sharpend 6th. My theory is awful, can anyone help me?

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

Plenty to help you at www.mmcourses.co.uk

@robertpietrusko4545 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

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@sweetygoyal4603 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderfully explained every chord. Sir just a query again. How to resolve it...i mean is it compulsory to resolve each note step by step or we can arrange in any order we like to do in SATB into chord 5???

@MusicMattersGB 5 жыл бұрын

You don’t have to resolve by step but V or lc V are the usual resolutions.

@lemy81737 Жыл бұрын

I have a question: What is the name of the chird with C, E, G#, A# C ?

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

It rather depends on the context. It’s a kind of added augmented chord.

@wyvernskin5690 2 жыл бұрын

are these chords always meant to go to the fifth even if theres a one in between the aug 6 and the 5? or can it resolve at the one

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

Other resolutions are possible but if the bass moves a semitone/ half step down to the 5th that gives the best voice leading and the smoothest progression.

@alirezasarpas 4 жыл бұрын

thanks dear

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

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@njm20music 7 ай бұрын

How did you know how far away the augmented 6th was

@MusicMattersGB 7 ай бұрын

An Augmented 6th is one semitone/ half step more than a major 6th. See our videos on intervals if this is a topic that would help.

@corrzyLAD Жыл бұрын

You say the augmented 6th chord is usually followed by V or 1c then V, what is 1c?

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

It’s I in second inversion

@ben8430 Жыл бұрын

Many thanks! But why is it an F# rather than a Gb?

@MusicMattersGB Жыл бұрын

It sounds the same but it needs to be F# because it’s an augmented 6th chord not a minor 7th chord and F# is an augmented 6th above Ab. Also, if you call it Gb it changes the chord to V7 in Db.

@Philrc 3 жыл бұрын

these things ARE dom7th chords as well, really the whole thing is psychological, it's not 'out there' in reality, it's just how we choose to think of the chords and use them, isn't it? at least in a system of equal temperament . I could just as easily go from this Italian aug 6th chord to to Db major if I think of it as Ab7

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

The German 6th is an enharmonic equivalent of a Dominant 7th in a key a semitone higher but it doesn’t function in the same way. Ab C Eb Gb is a V7 in Db but Ab C Eb F# resolves to lc or V in C.

@Philrc 3 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB yes I'm aware of that. I understand. My point is it's a psychological difference. It a matter of the humans point of view. There's no difference in sound. If you heard the chord by itself with no context you wouldn't know if you were listening to a Dom7th or an aug 6th . (Sounds like a date :)

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

Sure if you hear the chord in isolation it could be either but in a musical context it would function as a German 6th in one key or as a V7 in anther so it’s the chord function that makes the two different and it’s this that takes us beyond the psychological.

@Philrc 3 жыл бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB yes but it's we who decide the function

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

It’s really the key of the music that will dictate the function.

@abolghasemamiri3342 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!!

@MusicMattersGB 5 жыл бұрын

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@samuelscriven2342 3 жыл бұрын

What would be the scale degree of an Augmented 6th? (While still staying in Major) Would that still be submediant?

@MusicMattersGB 3 жыл бұрын

Build it on b6 of a major scale. Have another look at the video where I explain and demonstrate that and each step.

@michaelevans1690 2 жыл бұрын

Apparently I've been using this chord but I thought of it as a shell voicing (drop the fifth) of a V7 chord. Am I confused or are these actually the same thing? Edit: nevermind, I see what I got wrong. As a guitarist I recognized the shape is the same, but where it fits relative to the tonic is a totally different relationship.

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. You’ve rumbled it!

@michaelevans1690 2 жыл бұрын

Woah I think I just had another aha moment: Let's say you want a V chord. Let's say you want to use a secondary dominant to approach the V chord. Let's say you want to replace the secondary dominant with a tritone substitution. I think you just played the Italian augmented 6, especially if you used a shell voicing.

@MusicMattersGB 2 жыл бұрын

It’s a great journey of discovery

@NikoGuertler 5 ай бұрын

Could you tell me why nobody is recognising it as an augmented sixth Chord ? Every Chord Identifier or Software says Ab7 instead of C It +6 for example ... I understand that the augmented sixth could also be the minor/dominant seventh, but why Ab7 when it contains a perfect fifth and the C It+6 contains a augmented fourth ? Maybe I'm mistaking thinking but aren't a perfect fourth seven semitones and a augmented fourth six semitones ?? If i look around they Italian sixth Chord , all show me Ab7 with the Eb as perfect fifth, but shouldn't there be a D instead, I mean for sure it's a major triad with a dominant seventh added, which need's to include the perfect fifth to function, but why do it show if I'm playing/searching for an Italian augmented sixth Chord ? Otherwise if I'm playing or searching for the French augmented sixth Chord they show it correctly ( Ab7b5) partially, now at least the fifth is right, but why does it say b7 if originally the Chord got a b6 ? And why is it major if my Chord is in C major ? Shouldn't it be an Amb7 instead ? since it's the relativ minor from C major ? Please help me out of this trouble in my head, it won't let me go !

@MusicMattersGB 5 ай бұрын

The trouble is that a German 6th in C sounds exactly like a Dominant 7th in Db but the software doesn’t recognise the difference and it can’t decide how the chord is functioning.

@NikoGuertler 5 ай бұрын

@@MusicMattersGB Thanks a lot for the quick and accurate response !! So even though it also got different Intervals it has absolutely nothing to do with the augmented 6th Chords right ? It's just the software who doesn't have the "sufficient Theory Knowledge" if it is so, could you maybe tell me why they don;t know an augmented Sixth ? But why is my Software then telling me Ab7 for the Italian too ? even if there is no perfect fifth included (seen from Ab7) ??? And so it has nothing to do with the relative Minor from C major as I thought ? How do you know that the Ab7 Chord is in the Key of Db ? why it wouldn't also be C major ?? I'm a bit confused to be honest ... would really appreciate it if you could enlighten me :) Thanks again !

@MusicMattersGB 5 ай бұрын

The problem is that the software has no way of telling the difference between F# and Gb, for example, because they sound the same as each other. As for missing notes, it’s perfectly possible to omit the 5th of a chord.

@tshepomaredi3077 7 ай бұрын

Is this the same as what is called Quartal chords?

@MusicMattersGB 7 ай бұрын

No. These are chromatic chords

@viniciusmelo3027 4 жыл бұрын

On chopin's prelude n4 in E minor, he uses some kind of augmented 6th chord, but he notes it like C7 on the 3rd inversion. Does it still count as a german sixth or something?

@MusicMattersGB 4 жыл бұрын

If it’s CEGA# it’s a German 6th in E minor. If the spelling is altered to CEGBb it becomes a Dominant 7th in F. This is one of the things that makes the Augmented 6th so flexible.