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F#aug9 Guitar Chord

A rich chord extending aug7 with a ninth. Found in jazz and funk. On guitar, the perfect fifth is commonly omitted as it is replaced by the augmented fifth.

Guitar

Strings 2–1–2–1–3–0

How to play the F#aug9 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 2–1–2–1–3–0 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Fret 2 · middle finger
5th string (A) Fret 1 · index finger
4th string (D) Fret 2 · ring finger
3rd string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 3 · pinky
1st string (high E) Open

Other names for the F#aug9 chord

Other names: F# augmented 9th, F#+9

Music theory name: augmented ninth chord

Common name: F# augmented ninth chord

Notes and intervals in the F#aug9 chord

Note Interval
F# Root
A# Major 3rd
D Augmented 5th
E Minor 7th
G# Major 9th

All variations

Open
2–1–2–1–3–0
Fret 7
X–9–8–7–9–0
Fret 8
X–9–8–9–9–10
Fret 11
14–X–12–13–11–0

More chords with F# as the root

The same chord type in other keys