Aaug

A1C♯3E♯♯5

Two major thirds stacked. Symmetrical: every note can be heard as the root.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x0322x

open

Fig. 3

x03221

moderate

Fig. 4

x03225

hard

Fig. 5

50322x

hard

Fig. 6

x03665

hard

What is true of it

Aaug is A, C♯ and E♯ — 1, 3 and #5 counted from A.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is x0322x: 3 fingers, held at the 2nd fret.

1 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

2 strings stay silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are A, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Aaug/C♯

x4322x

second inversion

Aaug/E♯

10322x

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

A in other shapes

Amajor Amminor Adimdiminished A5power chord Asus2suspended second Asus4suspended fourth

Caug C♯aug D♭aug Daug D♯aug E♭aug Eaug Faug all 374