Daug Augmented

The Daug chord is built from the notes D – F# – A#.

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Also known as

Daug(no5)Daugmented

Chord tones, one by one

DRoot

Root

The fundamental note the chord is built on — D.

F#Third

Major third

Four semitones — makes the chord major (brighter, happier).

A#Fifth

Augmented fifth (♯5)

Eight semitones — a sharp fifth. Restless and dreamy, typical of augmented chords.

🎼 Related scales

Lydian augmentedmelodic minor a minor 3rd below

🎹 Modal analysis

This chord implies the Lydian augmented scale; its characteristic note is the dreamy, suspended ♯5. It is a mode of the melodic minor a minor 3rd below.

🎸 Genres

Film & TV scoring · Modal jazz · Impressionism

🎤 Artists who made it famous

The Beatles

aug in every key

More D chords

More D chords from Lydian augmented