F Augmented Fifth Guitar Chord (Faug) | Easy Ways to Play It

The F Augmented Fifth chord is composed of the Root, Major Third, and Augmented Fifth

This chord is also spelled in the following ways:

F Augmented Fifth
F Augmented Triad
F +5
F #5
Faug

The notes of the F Augmented Fifth chord are F, A, and C#

This chord is also called augmented triad, because is composed of three tones.

Notes in the F aug chord:

FAC#

Chord Structure:

F Augmented Fifth Guitar Chord Voicings

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If you have difficulties with bar chord shapes, check the Bar Chords Tips tutorial.

Position 1
Movable

Position 2
Movable

Position 3
BarreMovable

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Create your F aug chord shapes

You can create any fingering you like on any part of the fretboard, just play some of the chord tones shown in the map below. Some shapes will sound good, some less, let your ears decide!

These maps show you the tones in a chord all along the fretboard. They are incredibly helpful because allow you to:

Create new voicings on the fly, across all the neck
Improvise targeting the right notes
Unlock the fretboard and expand the CAGED system.

In the new ebook, Chords Domination, you'll find the fretboard tones maps for 44 different qualities of chords. Check it out:

Notes in the F aug chord:

Chord Structure:

Position 1Movable

Position 2Movable

Position 3BarreMovable

Position 1
Movable

Position 2
Movable

Position 3
BarreMovable