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Eaug7 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 0–3–0–1–1–0

How to play the Eaug7 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 0–3–0–1–1–0 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) Open
5th string (A) Fret 3 · pinky
4th string (D) Open
3rd string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 1 · middle finger
1st string (high E) Open

Other names for the Eaug7 chord

Other names: E augmented 7th, E+7

Music theory name: augmented seventh chord

Common name: E augmented seven chord

Notes and intervals in the Eaug7 chord

Note Interval
E Root
G# Major 3rd
B# Augmented 5th
D Minor 7th

All variations

Open
0–3–0–1–1–0
Fret 2
X–X–2–5–3–4
Fret 7
X–7–10–7–9–8
Fret 12
12–X–12–13–13–X

More chords with E as the root

The same chord type in other keys