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Abaug7 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 4–X–4–5–5–0

How to play the Abaug7 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 4–X–4–5–5–0 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 · index finger
5th string (A) Do not play
4th string (D) Fret 4 · middle finger
3rd string (G) Fret 5 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Fret 5 · little finger
1st string (high E) Play open

Notation for Abaug7 chord

Other names: Ab augmented 7th, Ab+7, Ab aug7

Music theory name: augmented seventh chord

Common name: Ab augmented seven chord

Intervals and tones in Abaug7 chord

Note Interval
Ab Root
C Major 3rd
E Augmented 5th
F# Minor 7th

All Variations

Fret 4
4–X–4–5–5–0
Fret 6
X–X–6–9–7–8
Fret 9
X–11–10–11–9–0
Fret 11
X–11–14–11–13–12

More chords with Ab as the root

The same chord type in other keys