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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–1–4–1–3–2

How to play the Baug7 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–1–4–1–3–2 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) Do not play
5th string (A) Fret 1 · index finger
4th string (D) Fret 4 · little finger
3rd string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 3 · ring finger
1st string (high E) Fret 2 · middle finger

Notation for Baug7 chord

Other names: B augmented 7th, B+7, B aug7

Music theory name: augmented seventh chord

Common name: B augmented seven chord

Intervals and tones in Baug7 chord

Note Interval
B Root
D Major 3rd
F# Augmented 5th
Ab Minor 7th

All Variations

Open
X–1–4–1–3–2
Fret 6
6–X–6–7–7–X
Fret 8
X–X–8–11–9–10
Fret 12
X–13–12–13–X–14

More chords with B as the root

The same chord type in other keys