Guitar chord · Triads
D♯ augmented chord on guitar
xx1003 · Open position
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play D♯aug on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
Dreamy and suspenseful; the raised 5th keeps pushing forward.
- Notes
- D♯F𝄪A𝄪
- 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): don’t play — mute it
- 4th string (D): 1st fret, index finger (1) D♯
- 3rd string (G): play open F𝄪
- 2nd string (B): play open A𝄪
- 1st string (high E): 3rd fret, ring finger (3) F𝄪
Tablature
e|--3---| B|--0---| G|--0---| D|--1---| A|--x---| E|--x---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every D♯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 D♯aug on guitar
On guitar, D♯aug is one of the friendlier shapes: xx1003 needs just two fingers and lets the open strings ring. Don’t strum the low E and A strings.
Notice the F𝄪 in D♯aug (D♯ F𝄪 A𝄪): each note of the chord takes its own letter (D–F–A), so the major 3rd has to be written F𝄪 rather than G — the same key on a piano, spelled to fit the chord.
