Banjo B♭aug chord (Sawmill)B♭ augmented on the 5-string banjo: 4 3 2 4, and 5 more shapes

Bbaug chord chart for 5-string banjo in Sawmill tuning: 4 3 2 4, first position, with the short 5th string marked
Bbaug (Bb augmented) on the 5-string banjo, Sawmill: 4 3 2 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: 4 3 2 4 (first position)

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

Sounds: F♯ B♭ D F♯  ·  B♭aug is B♭, D, F♯ (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.

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 B♭aug shapes

  1. 213gDB♭DF♯0 3 2 4
    open
  2. 321gF♯B♭DD4 3 2 0
    open
  3. 6fr3214gB♭DF♯B♭8 7 6 8
    6fr
  4. 8fr143gB♭F♯B♭D8 11 10 0
    8fr
  5. 10fr3214gDF♯B♭D12 11 10 12
    10fr

Other B♭ chords in Sawmill

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

Other augmented chords

GaugAaugDaugCaugEaugFaugB♭aug

B♭aug in other tunings

Open GDouble COpen DC Tuning

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