Caug — bouzouki chord
Augmented · 4 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
Caug (C augmented) is built from C E G♯: intervals 1 3 ♯5.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 10-7-6 (C E G♯)
- 1st inversion: 2-3-6 (E C G♯)
- 2nd inversion: 6-3-2 (G♯ C E)
- 2nd inversion: 6-7-10 (G♯ E C)
Neither open course (D or A) is a chord tone, so every shape is fully fretted.
In the dromoi
None of the dromoi on this site lists Caug among its chords, so it is shown here as a shape reference.
Trichordo (D-A-D) and tetrachordo (C-F-A-D)
These shapes are for the three-course trichordo. A tetrachordo’s A and D courses are tuned the same, so the top two notes stay put and the low-D bass note moves two frets up the C course. The first shape, 10-7-6 on trichordo, becomes C 12, A 7, D 6 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.