Falt

Falt is F, A, C#, Eb and Gb, a altered dominant. The shape this page opens on is written 12320x, lowest string first.

There are 9 common shapes for Falt on the guitar, and 20 derived voicings in 2 families.

The common shapes, written lowest string first: 12320x, xx3405, xx3465, x87x67, x-8-7-10-10-7, x-8-9-10-10-x, 13-12-x-14-12-13, x-x-15-14-12-13, 13-14-15-14-x-13.

Shell. Root, third and seventh: the guide tones fix the quality, so the fifth is dropped. That is what leaves a string free, so pick a tension to put on top. Falt has xx3242, x8787x, 13-12-13-11-x-x, 1x122x, x-8-x-8-10-9, 13-x-13-14-14-x, 1016xx.

Rootless. The root left to the bass player. Frees a finger for a tension. Falt has xx1222, x4424x, xx4645, x6767x, xx7879, x-x-11-11-10-11, x-x-13-14-14-14, x4x242.

Tensions. A shell of Falt, root, third and seventh, leaves a string free, and the tones that belong over it are the #11 (B).

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.