Banjo B♭aug chord (Open D)B♭ augmented on the 5-string banjo: 0 0 1 0, and 5 more shapes

Bbaug chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 0 0 1 0, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Bbaug (Bb augmented) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 0 0 1 0, 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 1 0 (open position)

  1. String 4 (D): open, D
  2. String 3 (F♯): open, F♯
  3. String 2 (A): 1st fret, index finger, B♭
  4. String 1 (D): open, D
  5. String 5, the short f♯: open, F♯, in the chord

Sounds: D F♯ B♭ D  ·  B♭aug is B♭, D, F♯ (1 · 3 · ♯5)

The 5th string: the short f♯ is the ♭6 of B♭aug, so let it ring.

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 B♭aug shapes

  1. 14f♯DF♯B♭F♯0 0 1 4
    open
  2. 41f♯F♯F♯B♭D4 0 1 0
    open
  3. 4fr1121f♯F♯B♭DF♯4 4 5 4
    4fr
  4. 8fr1121f♯B♭DF♯B♭8 8 9 8
    8fr
  5. 12fr132f♯DF♯B♭D12 0 13 12
    12fr

Other B♭ chords in Open D

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

Other augmented chords

GaugAaugDaugCaugEaugFaugB♭aug

B♭aug in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

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