Banjo Caug chord (C Tuning)C augmented on the 5-string banjo: 0 1 1 2, and 4 more shapes

Caug chord chart for 5-string banjo in C Tuning tuning: 0 1 1 2, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Caug (C augmented) on the 5-string banjo, C Tuning: 0 1 1 2, string 4 to string 1. Fingers are numbered on the dots; copper marks the root; the green ring on the left is the 5th string, solid when it’s in the chord.

Frets, string 4 to string 1: 0 1 1 2 (open position)

  1. String 4 (C): open, C
  2. String 3 (G): 1st fret, index finger (barre), G♯
  3. String 2 (B): 1st fret, index finger (barre), C
  4. String 1 (D): 2nd fret, middle finger, E
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, not in the chord

Sounds: C G♯ C E  ·  Caug is C, E, G♯ (1 · 3 · ♯5)

The 5th string: the short g rubs against the G♯ in this shape, a semitone away: some players let it ring, some skip it.

C Tuning tuning: gCGBD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts in open G. Choose C Tuning once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Caug shapes

  1. 4fr1234gECEG♯4 5 5 6
    4fr
  2. 6fr341gCEG♯G♯0 9 9 6
    6fr
  3. 8fr1234gG♯EG♯C8 9 9 10
    8fr
  4. 12fr1234gCG♯CE12 13 13 14
    12fr

Other C chords in C Tuning

CCmC7Cm7Cmaj7C6Csus4Csus2CdimCaug

Other augmented chords

GaugAaugDaugCaugEaugFaugB♭aug

Caug in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillOpen D

All C Tuning banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app