Constructing an Augmented Triad
Music Theory: Level 1 • 1m 58s
Learn to construct the very mysterious sounding Augmented Triad. The great thing is, these shapes remain the same all the way up the neck, so you only have to learn one shape per string set. For once, there ARE shortcuts!
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