Caug
Augmented · C – E – G♯
- CR
- E3
- G♯♯5
Guitar voicings
Piano
- Root
- Third / sus
- Fifth
- Sixth / seventh
- Extension
About the Caug chord
The Caug chord (Augmented) is built from C (the root), E (a major third) and G♯ (an augmented fifth). Augmented triads stretch the fifth upward for an eerie, suspended feel that rarely sits still.