Guitar UpscaleAugmented Chord on guitar
An augmented chord is a root, a major third and a raised fifth. It sounds dreamy and unresolved.
| Written as | Caug |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 3 #5 |
| Notes in Caug | C E G# |
| Semitones from the root | 0, 4, 8 |
About the Augmented Chord
Two major 3rds stacked give the augmented triad. C augmented is C, E and G#.
The chord splits the octave into three equal parts. Caug, Eaug and G#aug have the same notes, so one shape moves up in steps of four frets.
Use it to link a major chord to the next chord, such as C, Caug, F. The raised 5th rises into the next chord's 3rd.
Intervals
- 1: Root, 0 semitones above the root
- 3: Major 3rd, 4 semitones above the root
- #5: Minor 6th, 8 semitones above the root
Augmented Chord charts in all 12 keys
Each chart shows the strings from the thick low E on the left to the thin high e on the right. Numbers in the dots are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little, T thumb. × marks a muted string and ○ an open one. A bar across strings is a barre.
Caug: C E G#
Gaug: G B D#
Daug: D F# A#
Aaug: A C# E#
Eaug: E G# B#
Baug: B D# G
F#aug: F# A# D
Dbaug: Db F A
Abaug: Ab C E
Ebaug: Eb G B
Bbaug: Bb D F#
Faug: F A C#
Scales to play over Caug
Each of these scales, started on the root of Caug, holds every note of the chord:
- C Lydian Minor scale
- C Harmonic Major scale
- C Lydian Augmented scale
- C Phrygian Dominant scale
- C Arabian scale
- C Persian Scale
- C Magen Avot scale
- C Byzantine scale
- C Hindu scale
- C Oriental 2 scale
- C Spanish Eight Tone scale
- C Moorish Phrygian scale
- C Bebop Major scale
- C Whole Tone Scale
- C Leading Whole Tone scale
- C Diminished Whole Tone scale
- C Augmented Scale
- C Enigmatic Scale
- C Nine Tone Scale
- C Six Tone Symmetrical scale
- C Ultralocrian scale
- C Ionian #5 scale
- C Ten Tone Dominant scale
- C Ten Tone Harmonic scale