C augmented seventh piano chord - Cmaj7#5

The C augmented seventh chord is a 4-note chord consisting of the notes C, E, G# and B.
You can see these notes highlighted in the interactive piano chart below.
The chord itself is often abbreviated as Cmaj7#5.

Interactive piano diagram for the C augmented seventh chord

Piano keyboard displaying the C augmented seventh chord with the notes B#CFbECbBG#Ab

Reduced chords

Chords that are a subset of Cmaj7#5. These contain less notes but all of them are included in Cmaj7#5.

Scales with Cmaj7#5

Below you find all scales that include Cmaj7#5:

  • lydian #5P pentatonic
  • augmented
  • double harmonic lydian
  • lydian augmented
  • augmented heptatonic
  • leading whole tone
  • harmonic major
  • double harmonic major
  • persian
  • enigmatic
  • major augmented
  • purvi raga
  • bebop major
  • messiaen's mode #6
  • messiaen's mode #3
  • chromatic

C augmented seventh piano chord chart image

In case you prefer a non-interactive variant of the chord chart, we've embedded a PNG image below that shows the notes for the the Cmaj7#5 chord. Feel free to save or share the image as needed.

Piano chord chart for the C augmented seventh chord (Cmaj7#5). The notes C, E, G# and B are highlighted.