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C#aug 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 X–4–4–4–2–2

How to play the C#aug chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–4–4–4–2–2 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) Fret 4 · middle finger
4th string (D) Fret 4 · ring finger
3rd string (G) Fret 4 · pinky
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · index finger
1st string (high E) Fret 2 · index finger

Other names for the C#aug chord

Other names: C# augmented, C#+

Music theory name: augmented triad

Common name: C# augmented chord

Notes and intervals in the C#aug chord

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

All variations

Open
X–4–4–4–2–2
Fret 4
4–4–6–4–7–4
Fret 6
9–8–7–6–6–X
Fret 9
9–X–11–10–10–9

More chords with C# as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using C#aug

Step On Me
The Cardigans