Banjo B♭aug chord (Double C)B♭ augmented on the 5-string banjo: 2 3 2 4, and 2 more shapes

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

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

Sounds: D B♭ D F♯  ·  B♭aug is B♭, D, F♯ (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.

Double C tuning: gCGCD, 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 Double C once in its Settings and it remembers.

More B♭aug shapes

  1. 6fr1213gF♯DF♯B♭6 7 6 8
    6fr
  2. 10fr121gB♭F♯B♭D10 11 10 0
    10fr

Other B♭ chords in Double C

B♭B♭mB♭7B♭m7B♭maj7B♭6B♭sus4B♭sus2B♭dimB♭aug

Other augmented chords

GaugAaugDaugCaugEaugFaugB♭aug

B♭aug in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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