Aaug

A1C♯3E♯♯5

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

on guitar on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

2110

open

Fig. 3

211x

easy

Fig. 4

2114

moderate

Fig. 5

2554

moderate

Fig. 6

x998

easy

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 2110: 3 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

1 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 A, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Aaug/C♯

x110

second inversion

Aaug/E♯

x554

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