Guitar chords · Augmented
G+ chord on guitar (Gaug)
G+ (G A chord with a major 3rd and a raised 5th, written +. Its notes split the octave into three equal parts.) has three notes: G, B and D♯, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3 and ♯5.
Shapes
How to play G+
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
G+ has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 3 or the A shape at fret 10. A A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major. keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
E shape · fret 3
A shape · fret 10
Notes and formula
What makes G+ augmented
An A chord with a major 3rd and a raised 5th, written +. Its notes split the octave into three equal parts. chord raises the 5th of a major chord by a The smallest distance in Western music: one fret on the guitar, such as E to F or F to F♯.. Its notes split the The distance of twelve half steps, where a note comes round to the same name. Twelve frets up a string is an octave. into three equal parts, which gives it a floating, unsettled sound that wants to move on.
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The 3rd and the ♯5th make G+ an A chord with a major 3rd and a raised 5th, written +. Its notes split the octave into three equal parts. chord.
- GRroot
- B3essential
- D♯♯5essential
- G, the root
- Other chord tones
G+ is usually a passing chord: its raised 5th climbs on, as in G, G+, C or G, G+, Em. Its three notes are evenly spaced, so the same shape is also B+ and E♭+.
Keys
Keys with G+
G+ belongs to one key: E minor (III+, The natural minor scale with its 7th raised a half step, which makes the V chord major and gives it a strong pull home.).
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Slash chords
G+ over another bass note
A A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. keeps G+ on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- G+/B
G+ with its 3rd, B, in the bass: the first inversion.
- G+/D♯
G+ with its ♯5th, D♯, in the bass: the second inversion.
Same root
Other chords on G
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- G major
- Gm minor
- G7 dominant 7th
- Gmaj7 major 7th
- Gm7 minor 7th
- Gsus2 suspended 2nd
- Gsus4 suspended 4th
- G6 major 6th
- Gm6 minor 6th
- Gadd9 add 9
- G9 dominant 9th
- Gmaj9 major 9th
- Gm9 minor 9th
- G13 dominant 13th
- Gmaj13 major 13th
- Gm11 minor 11th
- G° diminished
- Gm7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- G°7 diminished 7th
- G5 power chord
- G7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- Gm(maj7) minor major 7th
- G6/9 six-nine
- Gm(add9) minor add 9
- G7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
G+, in short
- What notes are in the G+ chord?
- G+ (G A chord with a major 3rd and a raised 5th, written +. Its notes split the octave into three equal parts.) has three notes: G, B and D♯, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3 and ♯5.
- How do you play G+ on guitar?
- G+ has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 3 or the A shape at fret 10.
- What key is G+ in?
- G+ belongs to one key: E minor (III+, The natural minor scale with its 7th raised a half step, which makes the V chord major and gives it a strong pull home.).