Faug9

Faug9 is F, A, C#, Eb and G, a augmented ninth. The shape this page opens on is written 101021, lowest string first.

Also written F9#5, F+9 or F9(#5). The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 7 common shapes for Faug9 on the guitar, and 22 derived voicings in 2 families.

The common shapes, written lowest string first: 101021, 1x1223, xx1223, 565665, x87889, 11-10-11-10-10-11, 13-12-13-12-14-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. Faug9 has 1010xx, xx3243, x8788x, 13-12-13-12-x-x, 1x122x, x-8-x-8-10-9, 13-x-13-14-14-x, 1016xx.

Rootless. The root left to the bass player. Frees a finger for a tension. Faug9 has xx1223, x0102x, xx5645, x6768x, xx7889, x-x-11-12-10-11, x-12-13-12-14-x, x-x-13-14-14-15.

Tensions. A shell of Faug9, root, third and seventh, leaves a string free, and the tones that belong over it are 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.