Guitar chords · Augmented
B+ chord on guitar (Baug)
B+ (B A chord with a major 3rd and a raised 5th, written +. Its notes split the octave into three equal parts.) has three notes: B, D♯ and F𝄪 (played as G), the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3 and ♯5.
Shapes
How to play B+
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
B+ has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 2 or the E shape at fret 7. A A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major. keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
A shape · fret 2
E shape · fret 7
Notes and formula
What makes B+ augmented
An A chord with a major 3rd and a raised 5th, written +. Its notes split the octave into three equal parts. chord raises the 5th of a major chord by a The smallest distance in Western music: one fret on the guitar, such as E to F or F to F♯.. Its notes split the The distance of twelve half steps, where a note comes round to the same name. Twelve frets up a string is an octave. into three equal parts, which gives it a floating, unsettled sound that wants to move on.
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The 3rd and the ♯5th make B+ an A chord with a major 3rd and a raised 5th, written +. Its notes split the octave into three equal parts. chord.
- BRroot
- D♯3essential
- F𝄪♯5essential
- B, the root
- Other chord tones
B+ is usually a passing chord: its raised 5th climbs on, as in B, B+, E or B, B+, G♯m. Its three notes are evenly spaced, so the same shape is also E♭+ and G+.
Keys
Keys with B+
B+ belongs to one key: G♯ minor (III+, The natural minor scale with its 7th raised a half step, which makes the V chord major and gives it a strong pull home.).
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Slash chords
B+ over another bass note
A A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. keeps B+ on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- B+/D♯
B+ with its 3rd, D♯, in the bass: the first inversion.
- B+/F𝄪
B+ with its ♯5th, F𝄪, in the bass: the second inversion.
Same root
Other chords on B
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- B major
- Bm minor
- B7 dominant 7th
- Bmaj7 major 7th
- Bm7 minor 7th
- Bsus2 suspended 2nd
- Bsus4 suspended 4th
- B6 major 6th
- Bm6 minor 6th
- Badd9 add 9
- B9 dominant 9th
- Bmaj9 major 9th
- Bm9 minor 9th
- B13 dominant 13th
- Bmaj13 major 13th
- Bm11 minor 11th
- B° diminished
- Bm7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- B°7 diminished 7th
- B5 power chord
- B7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- Bm(maj7) minor major 7th
- B6/9 six-nine
- Bm(add9) minor add 9
- B7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
B+, in short
- What notes are in the B+ chord?
- B+ (B A chord with a major 3rd and a raised 5th, written +. Its notes split the octave into three equal parts.) has three notes: B, D♯ and F𝄪 (played as G), the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3 and ♯5.
- How do you play B+ on guitar?
- B+ has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the A shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 2 or the E shape at fret 7.
- What key is B+ in?
- B+ belongs to one key: G♯ minor (III+, The natural minor scale with its 7th raised a half step, which makes the V chord major and gives it a strong pull home.).