G#+ chord on 6-String Guitar – Drop B

in Drop B (B-F#-B-E-G#-C#) tuning

✕○○✕21G#CEG#
G#+
Augmented
Notes:G# · C · E
easy
Piano Left hand Right hand
CEG#G#G#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
x 2 1 0 0 x– 2 1 – – –x G# C E G# xeasy
x 2 5 4 4 x– 1 4 2 3 –x G# E G# C xmedium
x x x 4 4 3– – – 2 3 1x x x G# C Eeasy
5 6 5 4 0 x2 4 3 1 – –E C E G# G# xmedium
9 6 5 0 0 74 2 1 – – 3G# C E E G# G#hard
9 6 9 0 0 73 1 4 – – 2G# C G# E G# G#medium
x x 9 8 8 7– – 4 2 3 1x x G# C E G#medium
x x 9 8 8 x– – 3 1 2 –x x G# C E xeasy
9 10 9 0 0 111 2 1 – – 3G# E G# E G# Cmedium · barre on fret 9
x 10 x 12 12 11– 1 – 3 4 2x E x E G# Chard
x x x 12 0 11– – – 2 – 1x x x E G# Ceasy
x 2 1 0 0 3– 2 1 – – 3x G# C E G# Emedium
x 2 x 4 4 3– 1 – 3 4 2x G# x G# C Ehard
x x 5 4 4 3– – 4 2 3 1x x E G# C Emedium
x x 5 4 4 x– – 3 1 2 –x x E G# C xeasy
9 6 5 0 8 x4 2 1 – 3 –G# C E E E xhard

The G#+ chord (Augmented) is built from the notes G#, C, E. Below are playable fingerings for 6-String Guitar – Drop B generated for your selected tuning, ordered from open-position shapes up the neck. Tap a diagram to hear it, or switch to the piano view to see the same harmony on keys.

How the G#+ chord is built

Formula: 1 · 3 · ♯5

DegreeSemitonesNote
10G#
34C
♯58E

More G# chords

Other roots

See G#+ in another tuning

What notes make up the G#+ chord?

G#+ is a Augmented chord built from the notes G#, C, E.

How do I read the diagram?

Strings run left to right from the lowest to the first string; the numbers show which finger presses each fret. An ○ marks an open string, an ✕ marks a muted one.