Ebaug

Ebaug is Eb, G and B, a augmented triad. The shape this page opens on is written xx5443, lowest string first.

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

There are 8 common shapes for Ebaug on the guitar, and 48 derived voicings in 2 families.

The common shapes, written lowest string first: xx5443, x6544x, x6x887, x6988x, xxx887, 11-10-9-8-8-x, 11-x-13-12-12-11, x-x-13-12-12-11.

Triad. Three notes across one string set. Ebaug has xx100x, 321xxx, x210xx, xx1003, 3210xx, x2100x, xxx443, xx5443.

Open string. An open string left ringing against a fretted grip. Because it costs no finger, it sounds a note the closed shape has none left for -- a tension on top, or a pedal root underneath. Either a familiar grip with open strings added, or a shape so sparse the open strings carry the chord. These belong to their key rather than to a shape, so D, A, G and E have many and Eb a handful. Ebaug has x6500x, 3x500x.

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.