Caug piano chord

Caug Piano Chord

The Caug chord is a augmented triad built on the root note C. It contains the notes C, E, G#.

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C
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E
PASSERÀ
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D
A SONG FOR YOU
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A
KIDNAP THE SANDY CLAWS
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Medium A · ♩=132· 35 chords
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E
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
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Medium Eb · ♩=92· 43 chords
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E
FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE
Michael McDonald
Medium E · ♩=104· 51 chords
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C
Outside Villanova
Eric Hutchinson
Medium C · ♩=120· 12 chords
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C
VISION OF LOVE
Mariah Carey
Medium C · ♩=150· 16 chords
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E
SINGLE LADIES
Beyonce
Medium E · ♩=95· 6 chords
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B
The Girl in 14G
Kristin Chenoweth
Medium Bb · ♩=100· 52 chords
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E
MORE
Madonna
Medium Eb · ♩=200· 71 chords
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A
ALL THESE THINGS
Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
Medium Ab · ♩=85.5· 16 chords
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How to play Caug

CECEG#

Press all highlighted keys together. Use any comfortable fingering — for a right-hand triad, thumb on root, middle on 3rd, pinky on 5th is standard.

Chord theory

Root note
C
Quality
Augmented triad
Notes (intervals)
C (Root), E (M3), G# (m6)
Number of notes
3

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