Faug7

Faug7 is F, A, C# and Eb, a augmented seventh. The shape this page opens on is written 10122x, lowest string first.

Also written F7#5, F+7 or F7(#5). The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 6 common shapes for Faug7 on the guitar, and 27 derived voicings in 4 families.

The common shapes, written lowest string first: 10122x, xx3645, x878x9, x-8-11-8-10-9, 13-12-13-x-14-x, 13-x-13-14-14-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. Faug7 has 1x122x, x-8-x-8-10-9, 13-x-13-14-14-x, 1016xx.

Drop 2. A close-position chord with the second voice from the top lowered an octave. Sits on four adjacent strings. Faug7 has xx1221, x4324x, x6766x, 9878xx, x-x-11-10-10-11, 11-12-11-10-x-x, x-x-13-14-14-13, 1412xx.

Drop 3. The third voice from the top lowered an octave. The dropped voice becomes the bass, which is why a string is skipped. Faug7 has x4x241, 1x122x, 5x364x, x6x665, 9x786x, x-8-x-8-10-9, x-12-x-10-14-11, 11-x-11-10-10-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. Faug7 has 56360x.

Tensions. A shell of Faug7, root, third and seventh, leaves a string free, and the tones that belong over it are the b9 (Gb), the 9 (G), the #9 (G#) and the #11 (B).

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