×BD#F##B×
Fig. 1 · Baug · open

guitar chord

Baug

B1D♯3F𝄪♯5

Two major thirds stacked. Symmetrical: every note can be heard as the root.

on ukuleleon pianothe scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x2100x

open

Fig. 3

x21003

open

Fig. 4

x21043

hard

Fig. 5

x21403

hard

Fig. 6

x2104x

easy

What is true of it

Baug is B, D♯ and F𝄪 — 1, 3 and #5 counted from B.

F𝄪 is a double sharp, and it has to be: every letter from B upwards is used once, so the #5 cannot be written any other way.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is x2100x: 2 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

2 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

2 strings stay silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

EADGBE123456789101112#51313#53#51#513#513#51#513
Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are B, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Baug/D♯

xx1003

second inversion

Baug/F𝄪

321003

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

B in other shapes

BmajorBmminorBdimdiminishedB5power chordBsus2suspended secondBsus4suspended fourth

CaugC♯augD♭augDaugD♯augE♭augEaugFaugall 374