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Faug Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play F Augmented (Charts)

Faug chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as faug chord, faug guitar chord and how to play Faug.

By David Sandy, guitar player and founder of Sandy Music Lab. Every chord shape on this page is checked note by note against the chord's formula.

Faug chord diagram, Open positionFaug Open position: low E fret 1, A open, D fret 3, G fret 2, B fret 2, high e muted.1423×1 0 3 2 2 x
Open position
1 0 3 2 2 x
Faug chord diagram, Easy 4-string versionFaug Easy 4-string version: low E muted, A muted, D fret 3, G fret 2, B fret 2, high e fret 1.××4231x x 3 2 2 1
Easy 4-string version
x x 3 2 2 1
Faug chord diagram, Movable shape (1st fret)Faug Movable shape (1st fret): low E fret 1, A fret 4, D fret 3, G fret 2, B muted, high e muted.1432××1 4 3 2 x x
Movable shape (1st fret)
1 4 3 2 x x

Numbers are fingers (1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky, T thumb). × = don't play that string, ○ = play it open. A long bar is a barre: one finger flat across those strings. Strings run low E (left) to high e (right).

Chord chart by Sandy Music Lab

Quick answer: To play Faug (F augmented) on guitar, play 1 0 3 2 2 x from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains F, A, C#. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x 3 2 2 1, which needs 4 fretted notes.

Faug chord facts

Chord Faug (F augmented)
Other names F+, F#5
Notes F, A, C#
Intervals F (root), A (major 3rd), C# (augmented 5th)
Formula 1-3-#5
Difficulty Intermediate (barre or stretch)
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Faug on guitar?

The main shape is 1 0 3 2 2 x (Open position). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the low E string at fret 1 (F, the root).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the G string at fret 2 (A, the major 3rd).