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Baug7 Guitar Chord

Combines the tension of an augmented fifth with a dominant seventh. Typical of jazz and blues turnarounds — a chord with a strong pull toward resolution.

Guitar

Strings X–2–1–2–0–3

How to play the Baug7 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–2–1–2–0–3 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Muted
5th string (A) Fret 2 · middle finger
4th string (D) Fret 1 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 2 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Open
1st string (high E) Fret 3 · pinky

Other names for the Baug7 chord

Other names: B augmented 7th, B+7

Music theory name: augmented seventh chord

Common name: B augmented seven chord

Notes and intervals in the Baug7 chord

Note Interval
B Root
D# Major 3rd
G Augmented 5th
A Minor 7th

All variations

Open
X–2–1–2–0–3
Fret 2
X–2–5–2–4–3
Fret 7
7–X–7–8–8–X
Fret 9
X–X–9–12–10–11

Songs using Baug7