B Aug Chord on Mandocello
How to play the B Aug chord on Mandocello: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.
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 Mandocello with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The lowest shape sits at fret 11 and spans 4 frets, with no open strings in it. B falls on the C string. It sounds from B2 up to B4.
Mandocello is strung in four courses of two, 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.