Gaug

Gaug is G, B and D#, a augmented triad. The shape this page opens on is written 32100x, lowest string first.

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

There are 9 common shapes for Gaug on the guitar, and 47 derived voicings in 2 families.

The common shapes, written lowest string first: 32100x, 3x5443, xx5443, xx9887, x-10-9-8-8-x, x-10-x-12-12-11, x-10-13-12-12-x, x-x-x-12-12-11, 15-14-13-12-12-x.

Triad. Three notes across one string set. Gaug has 321xxx, x210xx, xx100x, 3210xx, x2100x, xx1003, 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. Gaug has x6500x.

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