What notes are in the Dbaug chord?

Dbaug is made of Db, F and A — the 1, 3 and #5 degrees of an augmented chord built on Db.

What keys use the Dbaug chord?

No major or natural-minor key contains all 3 notes of Dbaug. Chords like this arrive as borrowed harmony — secondary dominants, harmonic-minor colour, or chromatic passing chords — rather than as one of a key's native chords.

How do you play Dbaug on guitar and piano?

This page shows Dbaug on guitar, piano, ukulele, bass, mandolin and banjo — 9 voicings in total. Each diagram links to the full instrument page with alternate shapes, audio and common mistakes.

Is Dbaug the same as C#aug?

Yes. Dbaug and C#aug are enharmonic — identical pitches written two different ways. Which spelling you use depends on the key you are in; Dbaug is the spelling this site treats as canonical.

Chord · Db Augmented

D♭aug Chord

D♭aug is Db, F and A — unsettled, dreamlike; symmetrical.

Hear it

D♭aug on every instrument

The same 3 notes, 6 sets of hands. Open a diagram for alternate shapes, audio and the mistakes to avoid.

What D♭aug is made of

Db Augmented (Db augmented) is built from the notes Db, F, A, with the interval pattern 1, 3, #5. A common augmented chord across many styles.

Stack 1, 3 and #5 on a root of D♭ and you get Db, F and A. That interval recipe is what makes the chord an augmented chord — move the same shape to another root and the character travels with it, which is why Caug sounds like a transposed D♭aug.

Augmented: Unsettled, dreamlike; symmetrical.

Spelling: the notes above are written the way a score would write them, not simplified to the nearest piano key. That is why this chord is spelled with D♭ rather than its enharmonic equivalent.

Keys that contain D♭aug

No major or natural-minor key contains all 3 of these notes — this one gets borrowed.

Chords like this one sit outside the diatonic set — they arrive as secondary dominants, borrowed chords or passing harmony. Browse every key to see which progressions pull it in.

Other chords on D♭

Same root, different colour.

D♭Db Major D♭sus2Db Suspended 2nd D♭sus4Db Suspended 4th D♭5Db Power Chord D♭6Db Major 6th D♭6/9Db 6/9 D♭7Db Dominant 7th D♭maj7Db Major 7th

The same augmented shape, moved

The identical interval recipe, built on other roots.

CaugC Augmented DaugD Augmented EaugE Augmented FaugF Augmented GaugG Augmented AaugA Augmented BaugB Augmented F♯augF# Augmented

Questions people ask about Dbaug

What notes are in the Dbaug chord?: Dbaug is made of Db, F and A — the 1, 3 and #5 degrees of an augmented chord built on Db.
What keys use the Dbaug chord?: No major or natural-minor key contains all 3 notes of Dbaug. Chords like this arrive as borrowed harmony — secondary dominants, harmonic-minor colour, or chromatic passing chords — rather than as one of a key's native chords.
How do you play Dbaug on guitar and piano?: This page shows Dbaug on guitar, piano, ukulele, bass, mandolin and banjo — 9 voicings in total. Each diagram links to the full instrument page with alternate shapes, audio and common mistakes.
Is Dbaug the same as C#aug?: Yes. Dbaug and C#aug are enharmonic — identical pitches written two different ways. Which spelling you use depends on the key you are in; Dbaug is the spelling this site treats as canonical.

Learn the theory behind it

Why D♭aug behaves the way it does — the guides that explain the chord instead of just spelling it.

Borrowed Chords and Modal Mixture — Stealing from Parallel KeysThe raised fifth comes from outside the key. This is where chords like it are borrowed from.7 min read Functional Harmony: Three Roles, One EngineThat sharpened fifth is a pull toward the next chord — here is the mechanism.6 min read Intervals — The Only Music Theory You Actually NeedTwo stacked major thirds, and the symmetry that makes it feel homeless.5 min read