D Augmented (Daug)
1+3+#5
Notes in D Augmented
D (root)F#A#
Inversions
Same notes as D Augmented, with a different chord tone as the lowest note. Useful for smoother movement between chords instead of jumping around the keyboard.
Root position
D in the bass
1st inversion
F# in the bass
2nd inversion
A# in the bass
Play D, F# and A# together and you get D Augmented.
Stretch the fifth of a major chord up by a semitone and the result is symmetrical: two identical major thirds stacked on top of each other. That symmetry means the chord has no clear sense of up or down, giving it a floating, slightly dizzying quality composers reach for when a moment needs to feel suspended or unresolved.