Augmented Sixth Chords, As Digested By A Jazz Musician. Tonal Harmony Tutorial

In this video we explore augmented 6th chords from the perspective of a jazz musician. What are the 3 augmented sixth chords? The Italian augmented 6th chord (It+6), the German augmented sixth chord (Gr+6), and the French augmented sixth chord (Fr+6.) This function is very important in tonal harmony because it creates an alternative path to a half cadence.

These are just dominant chords written using an enharmonic spelling of the b7--as a #6. We use Beethoven's 5th symphony & Rossini's William Tell Overture as examples of augmented 6th chords.

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⏱ Video Chapters:
0:00 Intro (Beethoven 5th Symhony)
1:15 Differences between the Jazz and the Classical perspective
1:41 How does augmented 6ht chords work?
2:50 Differences between the Italian, the German & the French +6 chords
3:37 How to solve augmented sixth worksheets (Fr+6)
4:31 Solving a worksheet with the Italian augmented 6th (It+6)
5:04 Solving a worksheet with the German augmented 6th (Gr+6)
5:38 Augmented 6th chords vs. the subV7/V
6:05 Alternative resolution to the I64 (Rossini's William Tell Overture)
6:30 How to download the PDF

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[smartinez]

Awesome! I was having trouble understanding the 3 augmented 6th chords and here you are! Thanks guys.

[johnniefujita]

This accord is very characteristic in pieces like the moonlight sonata 3mvt... it is so emphatic, it shouts resolution

[VasaMusic]

great explanation!!! Thank you so much !!!

[itsmichelegrande]

Your explanation is very clear as always. Great Job! 👍

[TobiasSebastien]

Hello, great video, thank you. True, we nowadays tend to write the chords so they are clear, although engraving rules where and are over the recognisability of harmonic context. Btw, the use of the German +6 leads to a voice leading problem of parallel fifth, which is why it is used with a I4/6 chord (tonic in second inversion) in between. Just to be nerdy about it ;-)

[smartinez]

Awesome! I was having trouble understanding the 3 augmented 6th chords and here you are! Thanks guys.