Banjo Daug chord (C Tuning)D augmented on the 5-string banjo: 2 3 3 4, and 2 more shapes

Daug chord chart for 5-string banjo in C Tuning tuning: 2 3 3 4, first position, with the short 5th string marked
Daug (D augmented) on the 5-string banjo, C Tuning: 2 3 3 4, 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: 2 3 3 4 (first position)

  1. String 4 (C): 2nd fret, index finger, D
  2. String 3 (G): 3rd fret, middle finger, A♯
  3. String 2 (B): 3rd fret, ring finger, D
  4. String 1 (D): 4th fret, little finger, F♯
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, not in the chord

Sounds: D A♯ D F♯  ·  Daug is D, F♯, A♯ (1 · 3 · ♯5)

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

With a capo: on the 2nd fret it’s 0 1 1 2 (frets counted from the capo), an open Caug shape. Spike the 5th string at the 7th fret to keep it in tune with the capo.

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 Daug shapes

  1. 6fr1234gF♯DF♯A♯6 7 7 8
    6fr
  2. 10fr123gA♯F♯A♯D10 11 11 0
    10fr

Other D chords in C Tuning

DDmD7Dm7Dmaj7D6Dsus4Dsus2DdimDaug

Other augmented chords

GaugAaugDaugCaugEaugFaugB♭aug

Daug in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillOpen D

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