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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 · G#4 · B#4

How to play the Eaug chord on piano

Play the recommended root-position voicing with the right hand: E4, G#4 and B#4. Suggested fingering is 1–3–5 (1 is the thumb).

Other names for the Eaug chord

Other names: E augmented, E+

Music theory name: augmented triad

Common name: E augmented chord

Notes and intervals in the Eaug chord

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

Inversions

1st inversion
G#4 · B#4 · E5
2nd inversion
B#4 · E5 · G#5

Songs using Eaug