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Abaug Guitar Chord

A mysterious, dreamlike sound with a raised fifth. Used as a chromatic passing chord, often in progressive rock, film music and Beatles-style progressions.

Guitar

Strings 4–3–2–1–1–X

How to play the Abaug chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 4–3–2–1–1–X 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) Fret 4 · little finger
5th string (A) Fret 3 · ring finger
4th string (D) Fret 2 · middle finger
3rd string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 1 · index finger
1st string (high E) Do not play

Notation for Abaug chord

Other names: Ab augmented, Ab aug, Ab+

Music theory name: augmented triad

Common name: Ab augmented chord

Intervals and tones in Abaug chord

Note Interval
Ab Root
C Major 3rd
E Augmented 5th

All Variations

Open
4–3–2–1–1–X
Fret 4
4–X–6–5–5–X
Fret 5
X–X–6–5–5–X
Fret 9
X–11–10–9–9–X

More chords with Ab as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using Abaug

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