x x 6 5 5 0
G# augmented
Notes: G# · B# · D##
More common: Ab augmented
Triads
Suspended
Sevenths
Extensions
Other shapes (28)
Showing 12 of 28
4 3 2 1 x x
x x 6 5 5 4
4 3 2 5 x x
4 3 x 5 5 0
4 x 2 1 1 0
4 3 x 1 1 0
4 3 2 x 1 0
4 3 2 1 x 0
4 x 6 5 5 0
4 3 2 x 5 0
4 3 2 5 x 0
About G# augmented
The G# augmented chord is made up of G# (root), B# (major third) and D## (augmented fifth). In scale degrees above the root, the formula is 1 – 3 – #5. It is an augmented chord: it stacks two major thirds and sounds ambiguous and suspended, as if it wants to resolve.
G# augmented has no standard open shape in the CAGED system, so its 28 voicings are sorted only by difficulty and position on the neck. Another way to write G# augmented is Ab augmented (the same piano key, with a different name). The usual choice is Ab augmented.