I just looked up “G augmented” on the Internet and I get https://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/g-augmented-chord.html
I don’t understand this at all. I get what a Gaug chord is 1, 3, 5# but the diagrams shown don’t seem to tell me anything, they are not even Gaug chords? What am I missing?
I’ve just checked them and can’t see any problem with the diagrams. Can you give me some more info of what you are having trouble with?
Lee, I just don’t understand what the diagrams are saying.
Looking at the first one: I understand the fingers numbered in the black circles. But what are the three numbers in the rectangle to the left?
The numbers in the box to the left are fret number choices.
Augmented (and diminished 7) chords are symmetrical chords – meaning any of the notes could be considered a root note. Because of this, augmented chords can be moved along every four frets and it will still be the same chord, just that the notes will be in a different order. Same with dim 7 but they can be moved every three frets.
In other words, looking at the first diagram of the G aug, it can be played at the 6th, 10th and 14th fret.
Thanks for getting back to me, it all helps. I’ll add an explanation to those chord pages to make it a bit clearer.
I was my first time on your site. Thanks for the enlightenment on the augmented chords. The first chord I needed to look up was a G aug to use in the “I’m so tired of being lonely” from Wilburys song Handle Me With Care – it goes G, G aug, C, D; I figured out the best G aug for this would be a open G with an Eb on the fourth string (1st string muted) – I think this might be what they play.
That’s how I’d play it from an open G. Usually I’d use the full G chord and add the Eb but it’s also OK to just play on four strings.
