D7♯5 banjo chord

How to play D7♯5 on banjo

The most common way, the first shape above: your ring finger on the G string at the 3rd fret, your index finger on the B string at the 1st fret and your little finger on the high D string at the 4th fret. Let the low D string ring open. Don’t play the short G string.

From the short G string x 0 3 1 4 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in D7♯5?

D7♯5, D augmented seventh, is D, F♯, A♯ and C: the root (D), the major third (F♯), the augmented fifth (A♯) and the minor seventh (C). Its formula is 1 3 ♯5 ♭7.