Abaug
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About Abaug
Abaug is Ab, C and E, a augmented triad. The shape this page opens on is written 43211x, lowest string first.
Also written Ab+, Ab(#5) or Ab augmented. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.
There are 8 common shapes for Abaug on the guitar, and 46 derived voicings in the triad family.
The common shapes, written lowest string first: 43211x, 4x6554, xx6554, x-x-10-9-9-8, x-11-10-9-9-x, x-11-x-13-13-12, x-11-14-13-13-x, x-x-x-13-13-12.
Triad. Three notes across one string set. Abaug has xxx110, x321xx, xx211x, x3211x, xx2110, 0321xx, 432xxx, xxx554.
The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.