Aaug
The standard grips this chord is usually shown with.
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- Fingers, notes or intervals
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About Aaug
Aaug is A, C# and E#, a augmented triad. The shape this page opens on is written xxx221, lowest string first.
Also written A+, A(#5) or A augmented. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.
There are 9 common shapes for Aaug on the guitar, and 45 derived voicings in the triad family.
The common shapes, written lowest string first: xxx221, x03221, 54322x, 5x7665, xx7665, x-x-11-10-10-9, x-12-11-10-10-x, x-12-x-14-14-13, x-12-15-14-14-x.
Triad. Three notes across one string set. Aaug has xxx221, xx3221, x432xx, xx322x, x0322x, x4322x, 543xxx, xxx665.
The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.