Banjo Gaug chord (Sawmill)G augmented on the 5-string banjo: 5 4 3 5, and 5 more shapes
Frets, string 4 to string 1: 5 4 3 5 (from the 3rd fret)
- String 4 (D): 5th fret, ring finger, G
- String 3 (G): 4th fret, middle finger, B
- String 2 (C): 3rd fret, index finger, D♯
- String 1 (D): 5th fret, little finger, G
- String 5, the short g: open, G, in the chord
Sounds: G B D♯ G · Gaug is G, B, D♯ (1 · 3 · ♯5)
The 5th string: the short g is the root of Gaug, so let it ring.
With a capo: on the 5th fret it’s 0 3 2 4 (frets counted from the capo), an open Daug shape. Spike the 5th string at the 10th fret to keep it in tune with the capo.
Sawmill tuning: gDGCD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.
The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts in open G. Choose Sawmill once in its Settings and it remembers.
More Gaug shapes
- 1 4 3 1
at the nut · 5th string completes it - 5 8 7 9
5fr - 9 8 7 9
7fr - 9 12 11 13
9fr - 13 12 11 13
11fr
Other G chords in Sawmill
Other augmented chords
Gaug in other tunings
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