Chord

Bb Augmented 7

  • Bb7#5
  • Bb+7
  • Bb7+
  • Bbaug7
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
BbM3DM3F#2Ab
Extends
Bb Dominant 7

Bb Augmented 7, written Bb7#5, is built from Bb, D, F# and Ab: the root, major 3rd, sharp 5th and minor 7th.

Its 3rd and 7th, D and Ab, 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. E7, a tritone away, has the same two notes the other way up, so it can stand in for Bb7#5 as its tritone substitute.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Whole Tone

    Bb Whole Tone

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

  2. Mode of Melodic Minor

    Bb Super Locrian

Voicings All 14