Banjo Caug chord (Double C)C augmented on the 5-string banjo: 0 1 0 2, and 6 more shapes

Caug chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 0 1 0 2, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Caug (C augmented) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 0 1 0 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 0 2 (open position)

  1. String 4 (C): open, C
  2. String 3 (G): 1st fret, index finger, G♯
  3. String 2 (C): open, 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.

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 Caug shapes

  1. 142gCG♯EE0 1 4 2
    open
  2. 412gEG♯CE4 1 0 2
    open
  3. 4fr213gCCEG♯0 5 4 6
    4fr
  4. 4fr1213gECEG♯4 5 4 6
    4fr
  5. 6fr431gCEG♯G♯0 9 8 6
    6fr
  6. 8fr213gCEG♯C0 9 8 10
    8fr

Other C chords in Double C

CCmC7Cm7Cmaj7C6Csus4Csus2CdimCaug

Other augmented chords

GaugAaugDaugCaugEaugFaugB♭aug

Caug in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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