Eaug9

Eaug9 is E, G#, B#, D and F#, a augmented ninth. The shape this page opens on is written 030132, lowest string first.

Also written E9#5, E+9 or E9(#5). The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 9 common shapes for Eaug9 on the guitar, and 26 derived voicings in 3 families.

The common shapes, written lowest string first: 030132, 054554, 454554, x76778, 0-9-10-9-9-10, 10-9-10-9-9-10, 12-11-12-11-13-x, 12-x-12-13-13-14, x-x-12-13-13-14.

Shell. Root, third and seventh: the guide tones fix the quality, so the fifth is dropped. That is what leaves a string free, so pick a tension to put on top. Eaug9 has xx2132, 0565xx, x7677x, 12-11-12-11-x-x, x-x-14-13-15-14, 0x011x, x7x798, 12-x-12-13-13-x.

Rootless. The root left to the bass player. Frees a finger for a tension. Eaug9 has xx0112, xx4534, x5657x, xx6778, x-x-10-11-9-10, x-11-12-11-13-x, x-x-12-13-13-14, x3x132.

Open string. An open string left ringing against a fretted grip. Because it costs no finger, it sounds a note the closed shape has none left for -- a tension on top, or a pedal root underneath. Either a familiar grip with open strings added, or a shape so sparse the open strings carry the chord. These belong to their key rather than to a shape, so D, A, G and E have many and Eb a handful. Eaug9 has 05657x, 0x4534, 050574, x56570.

Tensions. A shell of Eaug9, root, third and seventh, leaves a string free, and the tones that belong over it are the #11 (A#).

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.