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Caug Ukulele 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.

Ukulele

Strings 1–0–0–3

How to play the Caug chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 1–0–0–3 from the G string to the A string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. 0 means an open string and X means a muted string.

4th string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
3rd string (C) Play open
2nd string (E) Play open
1st string (A) Fret 3 · little finger

Notation for Caug chord

Other names: C augmented, C aug, C+

Music theory name: augmented triad

Common name: C augmented chord

Intervals and tones in Caug chord

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

All Variations

Open
1–0–0–3
Open
1–4–4–3
Fret 3
5–4–4–3
Fret 4
5–4–4–7

Songs using Caug