Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2

A+A Augmented

F♯Root
A♯tone
Dtone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 4  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · D

How to play it

A+ fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

A Augmented guitar chord — Open (x 1 2 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 6 x x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 6 x 6) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 6 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented guitar chord — 5th position (5 5 6 5 6) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented guitar chord — 10th position (x 13 x 13 10) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented guitar chord — 10th position (x x 10 13 10) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented guitar chord — 10th position (x 13 10 13 10) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
Read it as tab

A+ guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

A Augmented guitar tab — Open (x 1 2 1 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 6 x x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 6 x 6) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 6 5 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented guitar tab — 5th position (5 5 6 5 6) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented guitar tab — 10th position (x 13 x 13 10) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented guitar tab — 10th position (x x 10 13 10) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
A Augmented guitar tab — 10th position (x 13 10 13 10) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 2
Sound

How A+ sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
tenseunsettleddreamlike
Genres
jazzclassicalfilm score
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · D
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 4
Same notes asAM♯5
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More ways to play A Augmented

Browse the rest of the A chords in this tuning, or open A+ in the app for every voicing.

A+ in other tunings:

Open GC / Drop CDouble CSawmill / Mountain ModalOpen D

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