Eaug 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

E4 · Ab4 · C5

How to play the Eaug chord on piano

Play the recommended root-position voicing with the right hand: E4, Ab4 and C5. Suggested fingering is 1–3–5 (1 is the thumb).

Notation for Eaug chord

Other names: E augmented, E aug, E+

Music theory name: augmented triad

Common name: E augmented chord

Intervals and tones in Eaug chord

Note	Interval
E	Root
Ab	Major 3rd
C	Augmented 5th

Inversions

1st inversion

Ab4 · C5 · E5

2nd inversion

C5 · E5 · Ab5

Songs using Eaug

Eaug Piano Chord

How to play the Eaug chord on piano

Notation for Eaug chord

Intervals and tones in Eaug chord

Inversions

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Songs using Eaug

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