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Aaug7 Guitar Chord

Combines the tension of an augmented fifth with a dominant seventh. Typical of jazz and blues turnarounds — a chord with a strong pull toward resolution.

Guitar

Strings X–0–3–0–2–1

How to play the Aaug7 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–0–3–0–2–1 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Muted
5th string (A) Open
4th string (D) Fret 3 · ring finger
3rd string (G) Open
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · middle finger
1st string (high E) Fret 1 · index finger

Other names for the Aaug7 chord

Other names: A augmented 7th, A+7

Music theory name: augmented seventh chord

Common name: A augmented seven chord

Notes and intervals in the Aaug7 chord

Note Interval
A Root
C# Major 3rd
E# Augmented 5th
G Minor 7th

All variations

Open
X–0–3–0–2–1
Open
X–0–3–2–2–3
Fret 5
X–0–5–6–6–5
Fret 7
X–X–7–10–8–9

More chords with A as the root

The same chord type in other keys