Eaug

E1G♯3B♯♯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

032110

moderate

Fig. 3

036550

moderate

Fig. 4

xx2110

open

Fig. 5

03211x

moderate

Fig. 6

0321xx

open

What is true of it

Eaug is E, G♯ and B♯ — 1, 3 and #5 counted from E.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 032110: 4 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

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

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

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

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Eaug/G♯

4321xx

second inversion

Eaug/B♯

x32110

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.

E in other shapes

Emajor Emminor Edimdiminished E5power chord Esus2suspended second Esus4suspended fourth

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