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Gaug Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play G Augmented (Charts)

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

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.

Gaug chord diagram, Open positionGaug Open position: low E fret 3, A fret 2, D fret 1, G open, B open, high e fret 3.32143 2 1 0 0 3
Open position
3 2 1 0 0 3
Gaug chord diagram, Easy 4-string versionGaug Easy 4-string version: low E muted, A muted, D fret 5, G fret 4, B fret 4, high e fret 3.××4231x x 5 4 4 3
Easy 4-string version
x x 5 4 4 3
Gaug chord diagram, Alternate open shape (1st fret)Gaug Alternate open shape (1st fret): low E fret 3, A fret 2, D fret 1, G open, B open, high e muted.321×3 2 1 0 0 x
Alternate open shape (1st fret)
3 2 1 0 0 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 Gaug (G augmented) on guitar, play 3 2 1 0 0 3 from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains G, B, D#. If that is hard, use the easier shape 3 2 1 0 0 x, which needs 3 fretted notes.

Gaug chord facts

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

How do you play Gaug on guitar?

The main shape is 3 2 1 0 0 3 (Open position). Finger by finger:

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