Chord

Fb Augmented 7

  • Fb7#5
  • Fb+7
  • Fb7+
  • Fbaug7
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
FbM3AbM3C2Ebb
Extends
Fb Dominant 7

Fb Augmented 7, written Fb7#5, is built from Fb, Ab, C and Ebb: the root, major 3rd, sharp 5th and minor 7th.

Its 3rd and 7th, Ab and Ebb, 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. Bb7, a tritone away, has the same two notes the other way up, so it can stand in for Fb7#5 as its tritone substitute.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Whole Tone

    Fb Whole Tone

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

  2. Mode of Melodic Minor

    E Super Locrian

Voicings All 14