D♭aug banjo chord

How to play D♭aug on banjo

The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the two strings from the G to the B at the 2nd fret, your middle finger on the low D string at the 3rd fret and your ring finger on the high D string at the 3rd fret. Don’t play the short G string.

From the short G string x 3 2 2 3 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in D♭aug?

D♭aug, D♭ augmented, is D♭, F and A: the root (D♭), the major third (F) and the augmented fifth (A). Its formula is 1 3 ♯5.

Why do D♭aug and two other augmented chords have the same notes?

An augmented chord is two major thirds stacked, D♭, F and A, and a third more brings you back to D♭. So D♭aug has the same notes as the augmented chords on F and A.