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Baug Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play B Augmented (Charts)

Baug chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as baug chord, baug guitar chord and how to play Baug.

By David Sandy, guitar player and founder of Sandy Music Lab. Every chord shape on this page is checked note by note against the chord's formula.

Baug chord diagram, Open positionBaug Open position: low E muted, A fret 2, D fret 1, G open, B open, high e muted.×21×x 2 1 0 0 x
Open position
x 2 1 0 0 x
Baug chord diagram, Easy 3-string versionBaug Easy 3-string version: low E muted, A muted, D muted, G fret 4, B fret 4, high e fret 3.×××231x x x 4 4 3
Easy 3-string version
x x x 4 4 3
Baug chord diagram, Alternate open shape (1st fret)Baug Alternate open shape (1st fret): low E muted, A fret 2, D fret 1, G open, B open, high e fret 3.×213x 2 1 0 0 3
Alternate open shape (1st fret)
x 2 1 0 0 3

Numbers are fingers (1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky, T thumb). × = don't play that string, ○ = play it open. A long bar is a barre: one finger flat across those strings. Strings run low E (left) to high e (right).

Chord chart by Sandy Music Lab

Quick answer: To play Baug (B augmented) on guitar, play x 2 1 0 0 x from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains B, D#, F##. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x x 4 4 3, which needs 3 fretted notes.

Baug chord facts

Chord Baug (B augmented)
Other names B+, B#5
Notes B, D#, F##
Intervals B (root), D# (major 3rd), F## (augmented 5th)
Formula 1-3-#5
Difficulty Beginner
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Baug on guitar?

The main shape is x 2 1 0 0 x (Open position). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the D string at fret 1 (D#, the major 3rd).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the A string at fret 2 (B, the root).
  4. Let the G (F##) and B (B) strings ring open.
  5. Don't play the low E and high e strings: start your strum on the A string, or touch them lightly to mute.