Open strings
Printable banjo chord chart · free
Beginner banjo chords
The first chords most banjo players learn: G, C, D7 and Em. Learn them one at a time, and practise changing between two of them until the change is smooth before adding the next. Between them they play the chords of a great many songs.
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Strum or arpeggiate any chord, tap a note to hear it, drag the strip under a picture to play it further up the neck, or pick another inversion. Library opens the chord there, with every other way to play it.
Beginner banjo chords
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G
Open strings
C
Open position
D7
Open position
Em
Open position
The chords on this chart
G, C, D7, Em. Each name opens the chord in the Library, with every other way to play it, to hear and to look at closely.
How to read a chord diagram
The vertical lines are the strings, the lowest on the left, and the horizontal lines are the frets, with the nut at the top. A dot is where a finger goes, and its number says which finger: 1 the index, 2 the middle, 3 the ring, 4 the little finger. The root of the chord is marked in colour. An ○ above a string means play it open; an ✕ means do not play it. A number beside the diagram is the fret it starts at.
More charts
Major, minor and seventh banjo chords in every key. Or make your own in the chord chart maker.
Charts for other instruments: guitar, bass, ukulele, mandolin.