Caug(add9) banjo chord

How to play Caug(add9) 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 1st fret and your middle finger on the low D string at the 2nd fret. Let the high D string ring open. Don’t play the short G string.

From the short G string x 2 1 1 0 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in Caug(add9)?

Caug(add9), C augmented added ninth, is C, E, G♯ and D: the root (C), the major third (E), the augmented fifth (G♯) and the ninth (D). Its formula is 1 3 ♯5 9.