Banjo C♯m chord (Open D)C♯ minor on the 5-string banjo: 2 2 4 2, and 2 more shapes

C#m chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 2 2 4 2, first position, with the short 5th string marked
C#m (C# minor) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 2 2 4 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 4 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): 4th fret, ring 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  ·  C♯m is C♯, E, G♯ (1 · ♭3 · 5)

Found in: A major (iii), B major (ii), B mixolydian (ii), B dorian (ii), E major (vi), E mixolydian (vi)

The 5th string: the short f♯ adds the 4th over C♯m, 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 C♯m shapes

  1. 6fr1231f♯G♯C♯EG♯6 7 7 6
    6fr
  2. 10fr2134f♯C♯EG♯C♯11 10 11 11
    10fr

Other C♯ chords in Open D

C♯C♯mC♯7

Other minor chords

GmAmDmCmBmEmFmB♭mE♭mF♯mC♯mA♭m

C♯m in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

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