Aug vs Dim Tones

Difficulty: beginner

Augmented chords, usually notated as "aug" or "+", are constructed with the 1st, 3rd, and #5th notes of the major scale.

Diminished chords, usually noted as "dim" or "o", are constructed with the 1st, b3rd, and b5th notes of the major scale.

Daug

3R#5RF#3DRA##5DR

This Daug chord shape is constructed of 1 (R for root), 3, and #5.