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Ebaug Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play E Flat Augmented (Charts)

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

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.

Ebaug chord diagram, Open positionEbaug Open position: low E muted, A muted, D fret 1, G open, B open, high e fret 3.××13x x 1 0 0 3
Open position
x x 1 0 0 3
Ebaug chord diagram, Easy 4-string versionEbaug Easy 4-string version: low E muted, A muted, D fret 1, G fret 4, B open, high e fret 3.××143x x 1 4 0 3
Easy 4-string version
x x 1 4 0 3
Ebaug chord diagram, Movable shape (4th fret)Ebaug Movable shape (4th fret): low E muted, A fret 6, D fret 5, G fret 4, B fret 4, high e muted.4fr×4312×x 6 5 4 4 x
Movable shape (4th fret)
x 6 5 4 4 x

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 Ebaug (E flat augmented) on guitar, play x x 1 0 0 3 from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains Eb, G, B. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x 1 4 0 3, which needs 3 fretted notes.

Ebaug chord facts

Chord Ebaug (E flat augmented)
Other names Eb+, Eb#5, D#aug (enharmonic spelling, same notes and shapes)
Notes Eb, G, B
Intervals Eb (root), G (major 3rd), B (augmented 5th)
Formula 1-3-#5
Difficulty Beginner
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Ebaug on guitar?

The main shape is x x 1 0 0 3 (Open position). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the D string at fret 1 (Eb, the root).
  2. Put your ring finger (3) on the high e string at fret 3 (G, the major 3rd).