Banjo Aaug chord (Sawmill)A augmented on the 5-string banjo: 3 2 1 3, and 5 more shapes

Aaug chord chart for 5-string banjo in Sawmill tuning: 3 2 1 3, first position, with the short 5th string marked
Aaug (A augmented) on the 5-string banjo, Sawmill: 3 2 1 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 2 1 3 (first position)

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

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

The 5th string: the short g adds the ♭7 over Aaug, a colour rather than a clash.

Sawmill tuning: gDGCD, 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 Sawmill once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Aaug shapes

  1. 5fr3214gAC♯E♯A7 6 5 7
    5fr
  2. 7fr1324gAE♯AC♯7 10 9 11
    7fr
  3. 9fr3214gC♯E♯AC♯11 10 9 11
    9fr
  4. 11fr1324gC♯AC♯E♯11 14 13 15
    11fr
  5. 13fr3214gE♯AC♯E♯15 14 13 15
    13fr

Other A chords in Sawmill

AAmA7Am7Amaj7A6Asus4Asus2AdimAaug

Other augmented chords

GaugAaugDaugCaugEaugFaugB♭aug

Aaug in other tunings

Open GDouble COpen DC Tuning

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