Music Notation: what the hell is E+?

[originalscent]

i'm reading a book and in the chord progression it says E+...

i don't think its E major... so does it stand for?

thanks

 

[tmac4183]

raise the 5th half a step

thanks Bezo

 

[originalscent]

whats the chord name?

 

[tmac4183]

its like the diminish choard, except u going up a half step instaed of down

 

[Bejogle]

E augmented

 

[Bezo]

raise the 5th and 3rd half a step

Just the 5th.

E augmented

Yup!

E-G#-C

 

[DJ Meta 4]

Just the 5th.
Yup!

E-G#-C

Couldn't this also be considered "C(major)", I mean all you're doing is playing the C an octave higher.
I'm not trying to confuse anyone just trying to figure it all out myself lol

 

[tmac4183]

Couldn't this also be considered "C(major)", I mean all you're doing is playing the C an octave higher.
I'm not trying to confuse anyone just trying to figure it all out myself lol

cmajor is c-e-g, E+ is e-g#-c, the g is sharp

 

[DJ Meta 4]

cmajor is c-e-g, E+ is e-g#-c, the g is sharp

Thank you for clarifying that for me, I missed the "#" somehow. Sorry nothing to see here.....move along......

 

[originalscent]

one more question about chord progressions...

ok i have this following progression:

Bb7 Ab/Bb Eb6

whats the slash for?

clearly Ab and Bb isn't the same chord.. so do i play the Ab and then switch to the Bb.. or do i get choose between them Oh.. Ab/Bb is directly a above quarter note if that makes any difference in playing it

just to making sure

later

 

[DominicWyeth]

it means an Ab on Bb

so you play an Ab chord any combo of notes with A Bb in the bass

its called a slash chord
and is a quick and easy way to write complicated chords
for instance
Ab7 chord
Ab C Eb G Bb
but this has a different sound to Ab/Bb

 

[Bezo]

Couldn't this also be considered "C(major)", I mean all you're doing is playing the C an octave higher.
I'm not trying to confuse anyone just trying to figure it all out myself lol

cmajor is c-e-g, E+ is e-g#-c, the g is sharp

However, E+ = C+.

I don't use augmented chords much, and never noticed that relationship. Learn something new everyday.

 

[Zell]

Yeah it seems the I augmented is = III augmented...heh never noticed it myself either. I like playing aug. mainly when choosing an organ sound for cathedral or a piano for piano type music. Inversions get used alot in my playing though .

 

[sohot2def]

Yeah E+ is an augmented chord, but the notes are E-G#-B#, you raise the fifth. Check out these sites www.teoria.com and www.musictheory.net. They have a chord calculator on each site, if your not sure about a chord. I like teoria.com

 

[Bezo]

Yeah E+ is an augmented chord, but the notes are E-G#-B#, you raise the fifth.

B# = C for those that didn't know.

 

[youngjboy]

one more question about chord progressions...

ok i have this following progression:

Bb7 Ab/Bb Eb6

whats the slash for?

clearly Ab and Bb isn't the same chord.. so do i play the Ab and then switch to the Bb.. or do i get choose between them Oh.. Ab/Bb is directly a above quarter note if that makes any difference in playing it

just to making sure

later

As the other guy stated, it could be a slash chord........or sometimes people will use a slash to show that one side of the slash is left hand, and the other is right hand when speakin of playing keyboard.

 

[chiragkotak]

However, E+ = C+.

I don't use augmented chords much, and never noticed that relationship. Learn something new everyday.

hi...
as u noticed about the augmented chord relationship...here is a little more info.

all the notes of a particular augmented chord form augmented chords with the same notes..
eg:a C augmented chord uses the same notes as a E augmented and G# augmented..
thats because an augmented chord is a stack of major 3rds..( c to e is two full tones)
try it out on a keyboard!!

also

a diminished chord is a stack of minor thirds( c to d# is one full tone and one half tone )
which means that.. a c dim chord uses the notes c ,d# and f# and also 'a' if u want a 7th chord..
so c dim = d# dim = f # dim= a dim
an 'a' dim chord uses a,c,d#,f#
all the notes of a dim chord form dim chords with the same notes..


hope this helps...

 

[Bezo]

hi...
as u noticed about the augmented chord relationship...here is a little more info.

all the notes of a particular augmented chord form augmented chords with the same notes..
eg:a C augmented chord uses the same notes as a E augmented and G# augmented..
thats because an augmented chord is a stack of major 3rds..( c to e is two full tones)
try it out on a keyboard!!

also

a diminished chord is a stack of minor thirds( c to d# is one full tone and one half tone )
which means that.. a c dim chord uses the notes c ,d# and f# and also 'a' if u want a 7th chord..
so c dim = d# dim = f # dim= a dim
an 'a' dim chord uses a,c,d#,f#
all the notes of a dim chord form dim chords with the same notes..


hope this helps...

Thanks! Never realized that. I'll have to find a way to implement aug & dim chords into my songs. They'll make for good pivot chords when modulating.