Daug (augmented)

3-note augmented on DD, F♯, A♯.

Press to hear the chord strummed low to high.

Two major thirds stacked — the fifth is raised. Symmetric and restless, it belongs nowhere and everywhere.

The notes

Pitches taken from the first fingering below — click any note to open its frequency page.

Interval formula

DegreeNoteWhat it is
1Droot
3F♯major third
♯5A♯sharp fifth (augmented)

The formula reads in semitones above the root (D): 1, 3, ♯5. A voicing may leave a tone out — often the fifth — but never adds one from outside this set.

Guitar fingerings · 4

231
open position
3fr32
from fret 3
7fr43211
from fret 7
10fr1423
from fret 10

Ukulele fingerings · 4

3221
open position
2fr2114
from fret 2
3fr1342
from fret 3
6fr2114
from fret 6

Read a diagram top-down: the thick bar is the nut, dots are where to press (the number is which finger), means play the open string, means don't play it. A bar across strings is a barre.

Other D chords

aug (augmented) chords on every root