Caug chord on mandolin
The Caug chord diagram on mandolin, the notes it is built from, and the Alviena charts that use it.
The diagram
Songs to play with the Caug chord on mandolin
- Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien — Édith Piaf
Which chords go with Caug
Across the sheets in the catalogue, Caug most often appears alongside these chords. Learn them together and you can play a whole song.
The notes in Caug
Ab · E · C
The chord is built from 3 distinct pitches. A shape may double them an octave apart: the same note then appears more than once without changing the chord.
The shape, string by string
1 open string
| String | Fret | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | Ab |
| 3 | 2 | E |
| 2 | 3 | C |
| 1 | open | E |