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Faug Guitar Chord

A mysterious, dreamlike sound with a raised fifth. Used as a chromatic passing chord, often in progressive rock, film music and Beatles-style progressions.

Guitar

Strings X–X–3–2–2–1

How to play the Faug chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–X–3–2–2–1 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) Muted
5th string (A) Muted
4th string (D) Fret 3 · pinky
3rd string (G) Fret 2 · middle finger
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · ring finger
1st string (high E) Fret 1 · index finger

Other names for the Faug chord

Other names: F augmented, F+

Music theory name: augmented triad

Common name: F augmented chord

Notes and intervals in the Faug chord

Note Interval
F Root
A Major 3rd
C# Augmented 5th

All variations

Open
X–X–3–2–2–1
Fret 6
X–8–7–6–6–X
Fret 8
X–8–X–10–10–9
Fret 10
13–12–11–10–10–X

Songs using Faug