Caug banjo chord

How to play Caug on banjo

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

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

What notes are in Caug?

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

Why do Caug and two other augmented chords have the same notes?

An augmented chord is two major thirds stacked, C, E and G♯, and a third more brings you back to C. So Caug has the same notes as the augmented chords on E and G♯.