French augmented sixth chord

noun

a chord with the tonic, supertonic, lowered submediant, and raised subdominant scale degrees

“C French augmented sixth chord: 1”

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Meanings

nounFrench augmented sixth chord (plural French augmented sixth chords)

plural French augmented sixth chords

  1. entertainmenta chord with the tonic, supertonic, lowered submediant, and raised subdominant scale degrees

    C French augmented sixth chord: 1

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “French augmented sixth chord,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/French%20augmented%20sixth%20chord.

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