F#aug7: guitar chord voicings, inversions, scales and arpeggios
F#aug7 (Aug7) is an interactive GuitarArcanum page with chord formula, intervals, voicings, inversions, triads, pentatonic patterns, scales and arpeggios on the fretboard.
Chord formula
Interval formula: 1 3 #5 b7. A dominant 7th with a sharp 5th (7#5). A tense, whole-tone dominant with a strong upward pull.
Chord tones
The 3rd–b7 tritone keeps the dominant pull, and the sharp 5th adds whole-tone tension and pulls upward. Don't play a perfect 5th alongside it.
Sound character
Tense, lifted and whole-tone — a charged dominant.
Harmonic function
An altered dominant. The sharp 5th strengthens the motion, often toward a minor or major target.
Typical progressions
- C#7#5 → C
- G#m7 – C#7#5 – F#maj7
- F# – A#7#5 – D#m
Guitar voicing advice
Use a #5 instead of the 5th, ideally as the top voice. No perfect 5th needed.
Compatible scales for F#aug7
Open interactive scale pages that naturally pair with this chord.
Other chord qualities on the F# root
Compare this chord with other qualities sharing the same root.
- F# (Major)
- F#m (Minor)
- F#dim (Diminished)
- F#aug (Augmented)
- F#sus4 (Sus4)
- F#6 (Maj6)
- F#maj7 (Major 7)
- F#maj7b5 (Maj7b5)
- F#maj7sus4 (Maj7sus4)
- F#maj7#11 (Maj7#11)
- F#m6 (Min6)
- F#m7 (Minor 7)
- F#mmaj7 (MinMaj7)
- F#7 (Dominant 7)
- F#7b5 (Dom7b5)
- F#7sus4 (Dom7sus4)
- F#7#11 (Dom7#11)
- F#m7b5 (m7b5)
- F#dim7 (Dim7)
- F#dimmaj7 (DimMaj7)
- F#dimmaj7b13 (DimMaj7b13)
- F#augmaj7 (AugMaj7)
- F#9 (9)
- F#maj9 (maj9)
- F#m9 (m9)
- F#add9 (add9)
- F#7b9 (7b9)
- F#7#9 (7#9)
- F#6/9 (6/9)
- F#m6/9 (m6/9)
- F#mmaj9 (m(maj9))
- F#9sus4 (9sus4)
- F#9b5 (9b5)
- F#9#5 (9#5)
- F#madd9 (madd9)
- F#7b9#9 (7b9#9)
- F#sus2 (sus2)
- F#11 (11)
- F#maj11 (maj11)
- F#m11 (m11)
- F#13 (13)
- F#maj13 (maj13)
- F#m13 (m13)
- F#7b13 (7b13)
- F#13#11 (13#11)
- F#7alt (7alt)