Banjo Aaug chord (Open D)A augmented on the 5-string banjo: 3 3 4 3, and 2 more shapes

Aaug chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 3 3 4 3, first position, with the short 5th string marked
Aaug (A augmented) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 3 3 4 3, 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 3 4 3 (first position)

  1. String 4 (D): 3rd fret, index finger (barre), E♯
  2. String 3 (F♯): 3rd fret, index finger (barre), A
  3. String 2 (A): 4th fret, middle finger, C♯
  4. String 1 (D): 3rd fret, index finger (barre), E♯
  5. String 5, the short f♯: open, F♯, not in the chord

Sounds: E♯ A C♯ E♯  ·  Aaug is A, C♯, E♯ (1 · 3 · ♯5)

The 5th string: the short f♯ rubs against the E♯ in this shape, a semitone away: some players let it ring, some skip it.

Open D tuning: f♯DF♯AD, 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 Open D once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Aaug shapes

  1. 7fr1121f♯AC♯E♯A7 7 8 7
    7fr
  2. 11fr123f♯C♯E♯AC♯11 11 0 11
    11fr

Other A chords in Open D

AAmA7Am7Amaj7A6Asus4Asus2AdimAaug

Other augmented chords

GaugAaugDaugCaugEaugFaugB♭aug

Aaug in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

All Open D banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app