Italian augmented sixth chord

noun

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

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Meanings

nounItalian augmented sixth chord (plural Italian augmented sixth chords)

plural Italian augmented sixth chords

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

    C Italian augmented sixth chord: 1

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