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Gaug 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 3–2–1–0–0–X

How to play the Gaug chord on guitar

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

Notation for Gaug chord

Other names: G augmented, G aug, G+

Music theory name: augmented triad

Common name: G augmented chord

Intervals and tones in Gaug chord

Note Interval
G Root
H Major 3rd
Eb Augmented 5th

All Variations

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

Songs using Gaug