CHORD REFERENCE

D Augmented

D – F♯ – A♯1 3 #5

The D Augmented chord and everything around it — the notes and how they are built, the shape on piano and guitar, the sound, and the keys it belongs to.

Notes
D1F♯3A♯#5

Daug is D, F#, A# — the 1, 3 and #5 above the root D.

Piano
DF♯A♯
Guitar

Ways to play it

E-shape barre — 2nd fret
2fr

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eF♯A♯DBDF♯A♯GA♯DF♯DDF♯A♯DAA♯DF♯EF♯A♯D

Root notes are red. The shapes above are movable — an E-shape has its root on the low E string, an A-shape on the A string. any group of these notes on the neck sounds the chord.

Ukulele (standard G–C–E–A)

Movable shape
GCEA2fr
357912AA♯DF♯EF♯A♯DCDF♯A♯GA♯DF♯

The shape above is movable up the neck. Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only D, F#, A# plays the chord.

In which keys

Daug is a colour chord — it is not diatonic to a plain major or minor key, which is what gives it its character. It shows up as a borrowed chord, an altered dominant, or a passing sound.

Other D chords

Triads

DMajorDmMinorD5Power Chord (5)DdimDiminishedDsus2Suspended 2ndDsus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

D6Major 6thDm6Minor 6thD7Dominant 7thDmaj7Major 7thDm7Minor 7thDm(maj7)Minor–Major 7thDdim7Diminished 7thDm7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)D7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

D7♭57♭5D7♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)D7♭97♭9D7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

Dadd9Added 9thD6/96/9D9Dominant 9thDmaj9Major 9thDm9Minor 9thD11Dominant 11thD13Dominant 13th
Augmented on another root
CD♭DE♭EFG♭GA♭AB♭B
Keep exploring

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