Banjo Gaug chord (Double C)G augmented on the 5-string banjo: 3 4 3 5, and 3 more shapes

Gaug chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 3 4 3 5, from the 3rd fret, with the short 5th string marked
Gaug (G augmented) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 3 4 3 5, 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: 3 4 3 5 (from the 3rd fret)

  1. String 4 (C): 3rd fret, index finger (barre), D♯
  2. String 3 (G): 4th fret, middle finger, B
  3. String 2 (C): 3rd fret, index finger (barre), D♯
  4. String 1 (D): 5th fret, ring finger, G
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, in the chord

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

The 5th string: the short g is the root of Gaug, 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 Gaug shapes

  1. 2431gD♯BD♯D♯3 4 3 1
    at the nut · 5th string completes it
  2. 7fr1213gGD♯GB7 8 7 9
    7fr
  3. 11fr123gBGBD♯11 0 11 13
    11fr

Other G chords in Double C

GGmG7Gm7Gmaj7G6Gsus4Gsus2GdimGaug

Other augmented chords

GaugAaugDaugCaugEaugFaugB♭aug

Gaug in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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