Faug7 guitar chord
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About Faug7 — 3rd inversion
Faug7 is F, A, C# and Eb. Start with and raise the 5th from to . You’ll also see this chord written F7♯5 or F7(♯5).
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Only the 5th changes: C rises a half step to C♯. The other notes stay in place.
When Faug7 resolves to , that can rise another half step to .
Also written F7#5, F+7 or F7(#5).
What 3rd inversion means
Faug7 in 3rd inversion puts Eb in the bass instead of F, the 7th of the chord. The notes are the same; what changes is what the bass line does, which is most of why you would reach for it — it lets the lowest voice move by step where the root would have jumped.
3 of Faug7’s 14 shapes do this:xx1221x6766x11-x-11-10-10-x
How to use Faug7
Faug7 is a dominant with its tension raised, so it still points at — harder than a plain seventh does. A plain dominant has two voices a semitone from home; an altered one has four, because every altered tone is also sitting a semitone from a note of Bb. More voices leaning the same way is all "more tension" means here.
In a phrase:→→
The ii–V–I of Bb.
Voice by voice, Faug7 → . 3 voices move by a semitone, and one note is common to both chords. Every voice that moves at all moves by a semitone — the shortest distance there is, which is why the change sounds settled rather than sudden.
| In Faug7 | Moves | In Bb |
|---|---|---|
| F, the root | stays where it is | F, the fifth |
| A, the major third | rises a semitone | Bb, the root |
| C#, the sharp fifth | rises a semitone | D, the major third |
| Eb, the flat seventh | falls a semitone | D, the major third |
What to play over Faug7
Useful scales
- +GB
Contains Faug7 and adds ninth and flat fifth.
- +GbG#B
Contains Faug7 and adds flat ninth, sharp ninth and flat fifth.
Chords near Faug7
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