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How to Play the E Augmented Chord on Guitar

E Augmented Chord Overview

Notes

E-G♯-C

Interval Build & Degrees

I-III-♯V (Root, Major Third, and Sharp Fifth)

Tab

0-3-2-1-1-0 (E-C-E-G♯-C-E)

E Augmented Step by Step Instructions

Here is how you play E Augmented:

1. Leave the sixth string open
2. Place your pinky on the third fret of the fifth string
3. Place your ring finger on the second fret of the fourth string
4. Place your index finger on the first fret on the third string
5. Place your middle finger on the first fret of the second string

Common E Augmented Voicings on Guitar

E Augmented (6th string root)

12-11-10-9-X-X

E Augmented with 5th String as the Root

X-7-10-8-8-X

E Augmented First Inversion

X-X-X-13-13-12

E Augmented Second Inversion

X-X-X-5-5-4

Famous Songs That Use the E Augmented Chord

  • Across the Universe by The Beatles
  • Space Oddity by David Bowie

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