A# Aug Chord on Mandolin
Play A# Aug on Mandolin: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The A# Aug chord is an augmented chord with a raised fifth that creates restless, unresolved tension. It is built from the notes A#, D, F#. This page shows how to play A# Aug on Mandolin with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The lowest shape sits at fret 3 and spans 4 frets, with no open strings in it. A# falls on the G string. It sounds from A#3 up to A#5.
Mandolin is strung in four courses of two, each pair tuned in unison, 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 A# 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.