E aug7 Chord on Mandola
Play E aug7 on Mandola: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The E aug7 chord is an augmented chord with a raised fifth that creates restless, unresolved tension. It is built from the notes E, G#, B#, D. This page shows how to play E aug7 on Mandola with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The shape nearest the nut leaves the D course open and takes the rest at fret 1, reaching across 4 frets. E falls on the C course. It sounds from E3 up to B#4.
Mandola is strung in four courses of two, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on E 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.