Chord

B Augmented Triad

  • Baug
  • B+
  • B#5
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
BM3D#M3F##

B Augmented Triad, written Baug, is built from B, D# and F##: the root, major 3rd and sharp 5th.

In the progressions here, Baug is the I+ of the Major Line Cliché in B.

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 Lydian Augmented

Voicings All 4