Augmented Sixth Chords

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Other Bass Positions

Not yet a topic of discussion because the augumented chord is a linear sonority that has no root
A Fr⁺⁶ can be arranged to resemble an altered V⁷/V, and the It⁺⁶and Gr⁺⁶sonorities can be likened to altered iv⁷chords
minor 6^th is usually constitute the bass of an +6 chord, other bass position do occur, especially in music of Romantic period
The only other bass position that occurs with any frequency is that with the tonic pitch in the bass
Because +6 chords have no root and therefore technically cannot be inverted

Resolution to Other Scale Degrees

The augmented interval (+6) of the chord usually embellishes 5^th degree, we could have used symbols like Ger⁺⁶/5^th, but it is understood that “/5^th” is implied when we write “Ger⁺⁶”
In Romantic period, the +6 is sometimes applied to scale degrees other than the 5^th, and those cases, we make this clear as shown below:

To spell or recognize the various +6 types, you will have to familiar with the intervallic structure of the three kinds of augmented sixth chord

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