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How to Play the G♯ / A♭ Augmented Chord on Guitar

G♯ / A♭ Augmented Chord Overview

Notes

G♯-C-E

Interval Build & Degrees

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

Tab

4-3-2-1-X-X (G#-C-E-G#-X-X)

G♯ / A♭ Augmented Step by Step Instructions

Here is how you play G♯ / A♭ Augmented:

1. Place your pinky finger on the fourth fret of the sixth string
2. Place your ring finger on the third fret of the fifth string
3. Place your middle finger on the second fret of the fourths string
4. Place your index finger on the first fret of the third string
5. Don’t play the second and first string
6. Strum from the sixth strum

Common G♯ / A♭ Augmented Voicings on Guitar

G♯ / A♭ Augmented (6th string root)

16-15-14-13-X-X

G♯ / A♭ Augmented with 5th String as the Root

X-11-14-13-13-X

G♯ / A♭ Augmented First Inversion

X-X-X-5-5-4

G♯ / A♭ Augmented Second Inversion

X-X-X-9-9-8

Famous Songs That Use the G♯ / A♭ Augmented Chord

  • Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by The Beatles
  • Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

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