A♭aug ukulele chord
Strange and suspended in mid-air. The raised fifth divides the octave evenly, so the chord has no natural home.
A♭ augmented · standard GCEA tuning · 3 shapes
How to Play A♭aug on Ukulele
The easiest shape is 1003: G string 1st fret · C string open · E string open · A string 3rd fret.
Open position
1 0 0 3
Up the neck, fret 3
5 4 4 3
Up the neck, fret 7
9 8 8 7
Strings left to right are G, C, E and A, as the ukulele faces you. Numbers are frets; 0 means play the string open. Every shape is worked out from the notes the chord must contain and checked against them before it is published.
Notes in A♭aug
A ukulele has four strings, so a 3-note chord doubles one of its notes on the spare string. Because the G string is tuned high (reentrant tuning), the lowest note you hear is usually on the C or E string, not the G.
A♭aug on Other Instruments
- Guitar: see the A♭aug guitar chord — six strings, so the shapes are different, but the notes are the same.
- Baritone ukulele (DGBE): 2110. A baritone is tuned like the top four strings of a guitar, so guitar shapes carry over and standard-ukulele shapes do not. Tune one with the baritone ukulele tuner.
- Same notes: A♭aug contains exactly the notes of Caug and Eaug, so one shape plays both.
Related Ukulele Chords
Tune first
A right shape on an out-of-tune ukulele still sounds wrong. Check G, C, E and A in a few seconds.
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