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Brainlag MusicThe augmented 6th
The interval that names these chords: a semitone wider than a major 6th, opening out onto the dominant.
A semitone wider
An augmented 6th is a semitone wider than a major 6th. In these chords it lies between the flattened submediant, in the bass, and the sharpened subdominant above it. In C major: A flat in the bass, F sharp above.
The rest of this lesson and its 4 practice questions are in Brainlag Music Theory.
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