Gaug

G1B3D♯♯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

321003

moderate

Fig. 3

32100x

open

Fig. 4

365003

moderate

Fig. 5

36500x

easy

Fig. 6

3210xx

open

What is true of it

Gaug is G, B and D♯ — 1, 3 and #5 counted from G.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 321003: 4 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

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

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

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

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Gaug/B

x2100x

second inversion

Gaug/D♯

xx1003

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.

G in other shapes

Gmajor Gmminor Gdimdiminished G5power chord Gsus2suspended second Gsus4suspended fourth

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