C Augmented Guitar Chord

Learn how to play the C Augmented chord on the guitar. The augmented chord is a three note chord which can be thought of as being derived from the 1st, 3rd and 5th notes of the whole tone scale. (Or from the 1st, 3rd and #5th of the major scale).

The C Augmented chord is a augmented chord so the intervals in the chord are:

The notes in the C Augmented chord are

Here is one voicing of the C Augmented chord - click on the chord chart for more information.