C#aug

1st inversion · E# in the bass1 of 8

The standard grips this chord is usually shown with.

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About C#aug

C#aug is C#, E# and A, a augmented triad. The shape this page opens on is written xx3221, lowest string first.

C#aug guitar chord diagram: C#, E#, A, played xx3221
C#aug, xx3221 — the shape above, as a picture.

Also written C#+, C#(#5) or C# augmented. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 8 common shapes for C#aug on the guitar, and 45 derived voicings in the triad family.

The common shapes, written lowest string first: xx3221, x4322x, x4x665, x4766x, xxx665, 98766x, 9-x-11-10-10-9, x-x-11-10-10-9.

Triad. Three notes across one string set. C#aug has xxx221, xx3221, x432xx, xx322x, x4322x, x0322x, 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.

Midi Settings

7.5
Play Style
One pass of the pick from the lowest string up, everything left ringing.
Instrument
350
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Style

Shows each chord the way this style would voice it, and marks which of its alternatives belong to the idiom.

Layout

Left Handed Mode