Daug banjo chord

How to play Daug on banjo

The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the A string at the 1st fret. Let the short F♯, low D, F♯ and high D strings ring open.

From the short F♯ string 0 0 0 1 0 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in Daug?

Daug, 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 Daug 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 Daug has the same notes as the augmented chords on F♯ and A♯.