E Augmented (Eaug)
1+3+#5
Notes in E Augmented
E (root)G#B#
Inversions
Same notes as E Augmented, with a different chord tone as the lowest note. Useful for smoother movement between chords instead of jumping around the keyboard.
Root position
E in the bass
1st inversion
G# in the bass
2nd inversion
B# in the bass
Press E, G# and B# together on the keyboard and you're playing E Augmented.
Stretch the fifth of a major chord up by a semitone and the result is symmetrical: two identical major thirds stacked on top of each other. That symmetry means the chord has no clear sense of up or down, giving it a floating, slightly dizzying quality composers reach for when a moment needs to feel suspended or unresolved.