Guitar chord · Triads
A augmented chord on guitar
x03221 · Open position
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play Aaug on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
Dreamy and suspenseful; the raised 5th keeps pushing forward.
- Notes
- AC♯E♯
- Formula
- 13♯5
- Built from
- root · major 3rd · augmented 5th
Guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E) · 6 voicings · E string on the left · Other tunings →
How to play it · Open position
- 6th string (low E): don’t play — mute it
- 5th string (A): play open A
- 4th string (D): 3rd fret, pinky finger (4) E♯
- 3rd string (G): 2nd fret, middle finger (2) A
- 2nd string (B): 2nd fret, ring finger (3) C♯
- 1st string (high E): 1st fret, index finger (1) E♯
Tablature
e|--1---| B|--2---| G|--2---| D|--3---| A|--0---| E|--x---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every Aaug note on the guitar neck
Bright dots are the selected voicing — the rest are other places you can find the same chord tones.
Tips for playing Aaug on guitar
On guitar, Aaug has an open-position shape, x03221, using four fingers alongside the open strings. Don’t strum the low E string.
Notice the E♯ in Aaug (A C♯ E♯): each note of the chord takes its own letter (A–C–E), so the augmented 5th has to be written E♯ rather than F — the same key on a piano, spelled to fit the chord.
