Daug

D1F♯3A♯♯5

Two major thirds stacked. Symmetrical: every note can be heard as the root.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

xx0332

open

Fig. 3

x50332

hard

Fig. 4

x5433x

hard

Fig. 5

x5877x

hard

Fig. 6

a987xx

hard

What is true of it

Daug is D, F♯ and A♯ — 1, 3 and #5 counted from D.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is xx0332: 3 fingers, held at the 2nd fret.

1 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

2 strings stay silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are D, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Daug/F♯

21033x

second inversion

Daug/A♯

x10332

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

D in other shapes

Dmajor Dmminor Ddimdiminished D5power chord Dsus2suspended second Dsus4suspended fourth

Caug C♯aug D♭aug D♯aug E♭aug Eaug Faug F♯aug all 374