Guitar chord · Triads
A♯ augmented chord on guitar
x10332 · Open position
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play A♯aug on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
Dreamy and suspenseful; the raised 5th keeps pushing forward.
- Notes
- A♯C𝄪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): 1st fret, index finger (1) A♯
- 4th string (D): play open C𝄪
- 3rd string (G): 3rd fret, ring finger (3) A♯
- 2nd string (B): 3rd fret, pinky finger (4) C𝄪
- 1st string (high E): 2nd fret, middle finger (2) E𝄪
Tablature
e|--2---| B|--3---| G|--3---| D|--0---| A|--1---| E|--x---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every A♯aug 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 A♯aug on guitar
On guitar, A♯aug has an open-position shape, x10332, using four fingers alongside the open strings. Don’t strum the low E string.
Notice the C𝄪 in A♯aug (A♯ C𝄪 E𝄪): each note of the chord takes its own letter (A–C–E), so the major 3rd has to be written C𝄪 rather than D — the same key on a piano, spelled to fit the chord.
