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Gaug 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
G4 · B4 · Eb5

How to play the Gaug chord on piano

Play the recommended root-position voicing with the right hand: G4, B4 and Eb5. Suggested fingering is 1–3–5 (1 is the thumb).

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

Inversions

1st inversion
B4 · Eb5 · G5
2nd inversion
Eb5 · G5 · B5

Songs using Gaug