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Baug Piano Chord

A mysterious, dreamlike sound with a raised fifth. Used as a chromatic passing chord, often in progressive rock, film music and Beatles-style progressions.

Piano

Recommended voicing
Bb3 · D4 · F#4

How to play the Baug chord on piano

Play the recommended root-position voicing with the right hand: Bb3, D4 and F#4. Suggested fingering is 1–3–5 (1 is the thumb).

Notation for Baug chord

Other names: B augmented, B aug, B+

Music theory name: augmented triad

Common name: B augmented chord

Intervals and tones in Baug chord

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

Inversions

1st inversion
D4 · F#4 · Bb4
2nd inversion
F#4 · Bb4 · D5

Songs using Baug