Chord

B Augmented 7

  • B7#5
  • B+7
  • B7+
  • Baug7
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
BM3D#M3F##2A
Extends
B Dominant 7

B Augmented 7, written B7#5, is built from B, D#, F## and A: the root, major 3rd, sharp 5th and minor 7th.

Its 3rd and 7th, D# and A, are its guide tones: they say what kind of chord it is, so voicings are built around them and the root is often left to the bass. F7, a tritone away, has the same two notes the other way up, so it can stand in for B7#5 as its tritone substitute.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Whole Tone

    B Whole Tone

    The whole tone scale is in open, suspended harmony and works well with #5 chords.

  2. Mode of Melodic Minor

    B Super Locrian

Voicings All 14