B Augmented (Baug)
1+3+#5
Notes in B Augmented
B (root)D#G
Inversions
Same notes as B Augmented, with a different chord tone as the lowest note. Useful for smoother movement between chords instead of jumping around the keyboard.
Root position
B in the bass
1st inversion
D# in the bass
2nd inversion
G in the bass
The notes B, D# and G make up B Augmented.
Stretch the fifth of a major chord up by a semitone and the result is symmetrical: two identical major thirds stacked on top of each other. That symmetry means the chord has no clear sense of up or down, giving it a floating, slightly dizzying quality composers reach for when a moment needs to feel suspended or unresolved.