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Daug Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play D Augmented (Charts)

Daug chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as daug chord, daug guitar chord and how to play Daug.

By David Sandy, guitar player and founder of Sandy Music Lab. Every chord shape on this page is checked note by note against the chord's formula.

Daug chord diagram, Open positionDaug Open position: low E muted, A muted, D open, G fret 3, B fret 3, high e fret 2.××231x x 0 3 3 2
Open position
x x 0 3 3 2
Daug chord diagram, Easy 3-string versionDaug Easy 3-string version: low E muted, A muted, D muted, G fret 7, B fret 7, high e fret 6.6fr×××231x x x 7 7 6
Easy 3-string version
x x x 7 7 6
Daug chord diagram, Alternate open shape (2nd fret)Daug Alternate open shape (2nd fret): low E muted, A fret 5, D open, G fret 3, B fret 3, high e fret 2.×4231x 5 0 3 3 2
Alternate open shape (2nd fret)
x 5 0 3 3 2

Numbers are fingers (1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky, T thumb). × = don't play that string, ○ = play it open. A long bar is a barre: one finger flat across those strings. Strings run low E (left) to high e (right).

Chord chart by Sandy Music Lab

Quick answer: To play Daug (D augmented) on guitar, play x x 0 3 3 2 from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains D, F#, A#. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x x 7 7 6, which needs 3 fretted notes.

Daug chord facts

Chord Daug (D augmented)
Other names D+, D#5
Notes D, F#, A#
Intervals D (root), F# (major 3rd), A# (augmented 5th)
Formula 1-3-#5
Difficulty Beginner
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Daug on guitar?

The main shape is x x 0 3 3 2 (Open position). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the high e string at fret 2 (F#, the major 3rd).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the G string at fret 3 (A#, the augmented 5th).
  4. Put your ring finger (3) on the B string at fret 3 (D, the root).
  5. Let the D (D) string ring ope