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E augmented · Open position
Eaug guitar chord
What it is
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How to play Eaug on guitar
The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the two strings from the G to the B at the 1st fret, your ring finger on the A string at the 3rd fret and your middle finger on the D string at the 2nd fret. Let the low E and high E strings ring open.
From the low E string 0 3 2 1 1 0 (x: not played, 0: open)
An easier Eaug
The full shape is a barre chord, hard at first. This one needs no full barre and sounds much the same: lay your index finger flat across the two strings from the G to the B at the 1st fret and your middle finger on the D string at the 2nd fret. Let the high E string ring open. Don’t play the low E and A strings.
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Eaug, the easier shape
StandardOpen position · 4 strings
What notes are in Eaug?
Eaug, E augmented, is E, G♯ and B♯: the root (E), the major third (G♯) and the augmented fifth (B♯). Its formula is 1 3 ♯5.
Why do Eaug and two other augmented chords have the same notes?
An augmented chord is two major thirds stacked, E, G♯ and B♯, and a third more brings you back to E. So Eaug has the same notes as the augmented chords on G♯ and B♯.
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