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

Caug chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 2 2 3 2, first position, with the short 5th string marked
Caug (C augmented) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 2 2 3 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: 2 2 3 2 (first position)

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

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

The 5th string: the short f♯ adds the ♯4 over Caug, a colour rather than a clash.

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 Caug shapes

  1. 6fr1121f♯G♯CEG♯6 6 7 6
    6fr
  2. 10fr1121f♯CEG♯C10 10 11 10
    10fr
  3. 14fr1121f♯EG♯CE14 14 15 14
    14fr

Other C chords in Open D

CCmC7Cm7Cmaj7C6Csus4Csus2CdimCaug

Other augmented chords

GaugAaugDaugCaugEaugFaugB♭aug

Caug in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

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