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

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

  1. String 4 (C): open, C
  2. String 3 (G): open, G
  3. String 2 (C): open, C
  4. String 1 (D): 2nd fret, index finger, E
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, in the chord

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

Found in: G major (IV), C major (I), G mixolydian (IV), D mixolydian (♭VII), C mixolydian (I), G dorian (IV)

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

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 C shapes

  1. 31gCGEE0 0 4 2
    open
  2. 31gEGCE4 0 0 2
    open
  3. 2fr2431gECEE4 5 4 2
    2fr · 5th string completes it
  4. 213gCCEG0 5 4 5
    open
  5. 7fr314gCEGC0 9 7 10
    7fr
  6. 12fr123gCGCE12 0 12 14
    12fr

Other C chords in Double C

CCmC7Cm7Cmaj7C6Csus4Csus2CdimCaug

Other major chords

GADCBEFB♭E♭F♯C♯A♭

C in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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