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Daug Piano 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.

Piano

Recommended voicing
D4 · F#4 · A#4

How to play the Daug chord on piano

Play the recommended root-position voicing with the right hand: D4, F#4 and A#4. Suggested fingering is 1–3–5 (1 is the thumb).

Other names for the Daug chord

Other names: D augmented, D+

Music theory name: augmented triad

Common name: D augmented chord

Notes and intervals in the Daug chord

Note Interval
D Root
F# Major 3rd
A# Augmented 5th

Inversions

1st inversion
F#4 · A#4 · D5
2nd inversion
A#4 · D5 · F#5

Songs using Daug