B augmented

Baug

Also written B+ · B(♯5) · B augmented

NotesB · D♯ · F𝄪
Formula1 · 3 · ♯5

F𝄪 is the key you know as G.

B1F𝄪♯5D♯3
Root position

Every note of Baug is a major 3rd from the next, so Baug, D♯aug and Gaug are the same three keys. As a V+ it pulls to E: the raised 5th leans up into its 3rd.

How pianists voice Baug

The same notes, laid out the way hands actually play them.

Open triad Spread

B1F𝄪♯5D♯3

1 · ♯5 · 3 — root and 5th below, the 3rd an octave up. The same three notes spread over two octaves: the sound of strings rather than a keyboard.

Baug inversions

The same 3 notes with a different one in the bass. Each inversion is written as a slash chord.

Root position Baug

B1F𝄪♯5D♯3

Root at the bottom, stacked in 3rds: 1 · 3 · ♯5.

1st inversion Baug/D♯

F𝄪♯5B1D♯3

D♯ (the 3) in the bass: 3 · ♯5 · 1.

2nd inversion Baug/F𝄪

F𝄪♯5B1D♯3

F𝄪 (the ♯5) in the bass: ♯5 · 1 · 3.

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