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C#aug7 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–4–3–2–0–1

How to play the C#aug7 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–4–3–2–0–1 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) Fret 4 · pinky
4th string (D) Fret 3 · ring finger
3rd string (G) Fret 2 · middle finger
2nd string (B) Open
1st string (high E) Fret 1 · index finger

Other names for the C#aug7 chord

Other names: C# augmented 7th, C#+7

Music theory name: augmented seventh chord

Common name: C# augmented seven chord

Notes and intervals in the C#aug7 chord

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

All variations

Open
X–4–3–2–0–1
Fret 4
X–4–7–4–6–5
Fret 7
9–8–7–X–0–7
Fret 9
9–X–9–10–10–X

More chords with C# as the root

The same chord type in other keys