Banjo Gaug chord (C Tuning)G augmented on the 5-string banjo: x 0 0 1, and 6 more shapes

Gaug chord chart for 5-string banjo in C Tuning tuning: x 0 0 1, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Gaug (G augmented) on the 5-string banjo, C Tuning: x 0 0 1, 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: x 0 0 1 (open position)

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

Sounds: G B D♯  ·  Gaug is G, B, D♯ (1 · 3 · ♯5)

The 5th string: the short g is the root of Gaug, so let it ring.

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 Gaug shapes

  1. 12gD♯BB3 4 0 x
    open · 5th string completes it
  2. 3fr1234gD♯BD♯G3 4 4 5
    3fr
  3. 5fr341gGD♯BG7 8 0 5
    5fr
  4. 7fr1234gGD♯GB7 8 8 9
    7fr
  5. 11fr1234gBGBD♯11 12 12 13
    11fr
  6. 13fr31gD♯GBD♯15 0 0 13
    13fr

Other G chords in C Tuning

GGmG7Gm7Gmaj7G6Gsus4Gsus2GdimGaug

Other augmented chords

GaugAaugDaugCaugEaugFaugB♭aug

Gaug in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillOpen D

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