Guitar chord · Augmented
Abaug chord (Ab Augmented)
Unsettled major triad with a raised 5th degree creating suspense.
Notes AbCE
Formula 1 3 ♯5
Shapes 1 on this page
Abaug chord shapes
Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, Ab.
STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E
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Tap any note to hear it.
Scales to play over Abaug
These scales start on Ab and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Abaug is the chord of the moment.
Ab Phrygian Dominant Ab Lydian Augmented Ab Altered Ab Whole Tone Ab Mixolydian b6 Ab Ionian #5 Ab Ultralocrian Ab Harmonic Major Ab Double Harmonic Major Ab Augmented Ab Bebop Major Ab Phrygian b4 Ab Lydian Augmented #2 Ab Ultraphrygian Ab Ionian Augmented #2 Ab Leading Whole Tone Ab Major Locrian Ab Lydian Dominant b6 Ab Persian Ab Enigmatic
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Questions
- What notes are in a Abaug chord?
- Abaug is Ab, C, E: the 1, 3, ♯5 of Ab.
- How do you play Abaug on guitar?
- 5th String Root Augmented: x 11 10 9 9 x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
- What scale goes with Abaug?
- Scales on Ab that contain every note of Abaug: Ab Phrygian Dominant, Ab Lydian Augmented, Ab Altered, Ab Whole Tone, Ab Mixolydian b6, Ab Ionian #5.
Augmented chords in every key
More Ab chords
Ab Abm Abdim Ab5 Ab7 Abmaj7 Abm7 Abm(maj7) Abmaj9 Ab9 Abm9 Abm11 Ab6 Abm6 Abadd9 Absus4 Absus2 Ab7sus4 Ab7#9 Abmaj7#5 Abdim7 Abm7b5 Ab7b9 Ab13 Ab6/9 Ab11 Ab9sus4 Abmadd9 Abadd11 Abm6/9 Ab7#5 Ab7b5 Ab7#11 Abmaj13 Abm13 Abmaj11 Ab9#11 Abmaj9#11 Abmaj7#11 Abm9b5 Ab7sus4b9 Abm(maj9) Ab9#5 Ab9b5 Ab7b5b9 Ab7#5b9 Ab7#5#9 Ab7b5#9 Ab7b13 Ab13b9 Ab13#11 Abm7#5 Abmaj7b5 Abdim(maj7) Abmadd11