Ebaug7

Ebaug7 is Eb, G, B and Db, a augmented seventh. The shape this page opens on is written xx1423, lowest string first.

Also written Eb7#5, Eb+7 or Eb7(#5). The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 6 common shapes for Ebaug7 on the guitar, and 28 derived voicings in 4 families.

The common shapes, written lowest string first: xx1423, x656x7, x69687, 11-10-11-0-0-9, 11-10-11-x-12-x, 11-x-11-12-12-x.

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. Ebaug7 has x6x687, 11-x-11-12-12-x, x6x027.

Drop 2. A close-position chord with the second voice from the top lowered an octave. Sits on four adjacent strings. Ebaug7 has x2102x, x4544x, 7656xx, xx9889, 9-10-9-8-x-x, x-x-11-12-12-11, x-14-13-12-14-x, xx1423.

Drop 3. The third voice from the top lowered an octave. The dropped voice becomes the bass, which is why a string is skipped. Ebaug7 has 3x142x, x4x443, 7x564x, x6x687, x-10-x-8-12-9, 9x988x, x-14-x-12-14-11, 11-x-11-12-12-x.

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. Ebaug7 has x45440, 7x5640, xx5600, x4400x.

Tensions. A shell of Ebaug7, root, third and seventh, leaves a string free, and the tones that belong over it are the b9 (Fb), the 9 (F), the #9 (F#) and 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.