Chord

F Augmented 7

  • F7#5
  • F+7
  • F7+
  • Faug7
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
FM3AM3C#2Eb
Extends
F Dominant 7

F Augmented 7, written F7#5, is built from F, A, C# and Eb: the root, major 3rd, sharp 5th and minor 7th.

Its 3rd and 7th, A and Eb, are its guide tones: they say what kind of chord it is, so voicings are built around them and the root is often left to the bass. B7, a tritone away, has the same two notes the other way up, so it can stand in for F7#5 as its tritone substitute.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Whole Tone

    F Whole Tone

    The whole tone scale is in open, suspended harmony and works well with #5 chords.

  2. Mode of Melodic Minor

    F Super Locrian

Voicings All 14