Banjo Daug chord (Open G)D augmented on the 5-string banjo: 0 3 3 4, and 4 more shapes

Daug chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open G tuning: 0 3 3 4, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Daug (D augmented) on the 5-string banjo, Open G: 0 3 3 4, 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 3 3 4 (open position)

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

Sounds: D A♯ D F♯  ·  Daug is D, F♯, A♯ (1 · 3 · ♯5)

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

Open G tuning: gDGBD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The app starts in open G, so it opens on these shapes.

More Daug shapes

  1. 211gF♯A♯DD4 3 3 0
    open
  2. 2113gF♯A♯DF♯4 3 3 4
    at the nut
  3. 7fr112gDDF♯A♯0 7 7 8
    7fr
  4. 11fr2113gDF♯A♯D12 11 11 12
    11fr

Other D chords in Open G

DDmD7Dm7Dmaj7D6Dsus4Dsus2DdimDaug

Other augmented chords

GaugAaugDaugCaugEaugFaugB♭aug

Daug in other tunings

Double CSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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