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11-28-2015, 11:12 PM
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E+ Chord
My wife mentioned the other day when we were discussing Christmas songs how much she likes "Please Come Home For Christmas" by Charles Brown and made popular by the Eagles. I found a tab for it and one of the chords is an E+. I am not familiar with the + notation. What does the + signify?
I like the sound of the chord. It has a nice bluesy sound to it. 
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#2
11-28-2015, 11:20 PM
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At a guess I'd say the + means augmented, i.e. sharpened fifth, in the case of an E chord from a B to a C.
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11-28-2015, 11:27 PM
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Fifth note raised (augmented) a half step (in this case the C note in place of the B note).
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11-29-2015, 04:39 AM
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Additional superfluous info...
 The raised 5th is a fairly common alteration on a V chord (as here). (The Beatles liked aug chords too.) In this case, the C on the 2nd string (strictly speaking "B#"  ) will lead up to the C# on the following A chord. So you get two upward leading tones instead of the usual one:-0---0---0- -0->-1->-2- -1---1->-2- -2---2---2-- ---------- --------- (The additional C on 5th string in the complete shape doesn't do anything, unless you add C# on 4th fret in an A shape.) Aug triads are symmetrical, meaning this chord could also be called (and used as) C+ or Ab+ (G#+).
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11-29-2015, 08:13 PM
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Thanks for the replies guys. Not only did I learn what the + means, I also got a mini lesson on music theory.
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11-30-2015, 01:28 AM
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12-05-2015, 07:40 AM
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12-05-2015, 10:55 AM
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Other favourites: Stevie Wonder, intro to "Sunshine of my Life", G7#5 (with a wholetone lick too!) Beatles: quite a few, but the two that spring to mind are "It's Only Love" (on "my oh my"), and "From Me to You" (end of the bridge)
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04-28-2016, 03:11 PM
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There's another Beatles augmented chord in the chorus of All My Loving.
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