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
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 |