D aug7 Chord on Cavaquinho
Play D aug7 on Cavaquinho: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The D aug7 chord is an augmented chord with a raised fifth that creates restless, unresolved tension. It is built from the notes D, F#, A#, C. This page shows how to play D aug7 on Cavaquinho with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The shape nearest the nut leaves the D string open and takes the rest at fret 1, reaching across 4 frets. The root is the D string itself. It sounds from D4 up to F#5.
Cavaquinho is tuned D–G–B–D, with 15 frets to work with. Voicings are computed for this tuning by the shared voicing generator, not borrowed from another instrument; traditional technique may still use idiomatic shapes not charted here.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on D or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.