Guitar chord · Augmented
Caug chord (C Augmented)
Unsettled major triad with a raised 5th degree creating suspense.
Notes CEG#
Formula 1 3 ♯5
Shapes 1 on this page
Caug chord shapes
Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, C.
STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E
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Questions
- What notes are in a Caug chord?
- Caug is C, E, G#: the 1, 3, ♯5 of C.
- How do you play Caug on guitar?
- 5th String Root Augmented: x 3 2 1 1 x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).