Eaug

Eaug is E, G# and B#, a augmented triad. The shape this page opens on is written xx211x, lowest string first.

Note by note. E is the root, G# is the major third and B# is the sharp fifth.

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

There are 10 common shapes for Eaug on the guitar, and 46 derived voicings in the triad family.

One note away. Change a single note of Eaug and you have E (with one note moved), Emaj7#5 (with one note added), Eaug7 (with one note added), E/G# (with one note moved) or E/B (with one note moved).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: xx211x, 032110, xx6554, x7655x, x7x998, x-7-10-9-9-x, xxx998, 12-11-10-9-9-0, 12-x-14-13-13-12, x-x-14-13-13-12.

Under the hand. 1 of the 10 shapes here sits in open position, and the first uses 2 open strings. None of them needs a barre. Together they cover the neck from the 1st fret to the 14th.

Triad. Three notes across one string set. Eaug has xx211x, xxx110, x321xx, xx2110, 0321xx, x3211x, 432xxx, xxx554.

What kind of chord this is. Eaug is a augmented chord — root, major third, sharp fifth. augmented chords on every root, and what they are for.

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