B Aug Chord on 12-String Guitar
Play B Aug on 12-String Guitar: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The B Aug chord is an augmented chord with a raised fifth that creates restless, unresolved tension. It is built from the notes B, D#, G. This page shows how to play B Aug on 12-String Guitar with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The lowest shape sits at fret 2 and spans 4 frets, with no open strings in it. The E string stays silent, so 5 of 6 sound. B falls on the A string. It sounds from B2 up to G4. 2 voicings are charted, the highest starting at fret 7.
12-String Guitar is strung in six courses of two, the lower four paired an octave apart, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on B or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.