This chord has 4 voicings across the fretboard. Use the arrows to see each shape and fingering — and tap any dot on the diagram to hear that note.
Gaug7 Guitar Chord
An augmented seventh chord with an unstable, restless character. Gaug7 creates strong pull toward resolution and appears in melodic minor harmony.
Also known as
- G+7
- G +7
- G aug7
- Gaugdom7
- G augdom7
- G augmented 7th
- G augmented seventh
How to Play This Chord
Position your fingers on the fretboard as shown in the diagram. The vertical lines represent the strings, from low E (left) to high E (right), and the horizontal lines are the frets. Numbers inside the dots indicate which finger to use: 1 (index), 2 (middle), 3 (ring), 4 (pinky). An X means don't play that string; an O means play it open. A bar spanning multiple strings means one finger presses across all of them at once — this is known as a barre chord.
Tips & Tricks
Also called G7#5, this altered dominant resolves to C or Cm with extra chromatic tension. It substitutes for G7 in jazz and blues when you want a more colorful dominant sound. The open-position voicing is accessible and worth adding to your blues vocabulary.