5-String Banjo Chords & Tuner

Chord shapes for the 5-string banjo, worked out for your tuning, with the short 5th string taken into account. Open G, double C, sawmill, D, C and G minor, or your own.

THE 5TH STRING, WORKED OUT
Every chord says whether the short g belongs in it. A solid ring means let it ring; a dashed one means it rubs, and the page says so. Some shapes only become the chord with the 5th string, and they're marked "5th string completes it".

SHAPES A PLAYER REACHES FOR
Every chord has its own page with up to seven shapes. The one in the chord books leads, then the moveable F shape, D shape and barre up the neck. Each box shows the frets, the fingers and the notes. Tap it to hear it.

HEAR THE ROLL OVER ANY CHORD
Seventeen picking patterns: forward, backward, forward-reverse and alternating thumb rolls, Foggy Mountain, clawhammer's bum-ditty, drop thumb and double thumbing, two-finger, vamp and the Seeger strum. Each plays on a plucked banjo sound over any chord in any tuning, and the thumb's string follows the chord. Pick another pattern or chord while it loops and it changes on the next note. Loop it over a key's progressions, or build your own from the key's chords, and it moves with you to any key.

CAPO, AND THE 5TH GOES TOO
Put a capo on and every shape is worked out from it. The 5th string goes up with it, as if spiked (capo 2 means the 7th fret), or stays where it is, your choice.

CHORD FINDER
Tap a fret on each string and the finder names the chord. It shows the near misses, one note away, and the keys that hold those notes.

A TUNER FOR THE BANJO
The tuner hears which string of your tuning you're playing, the high 5th string included, and shows how far off it is. Tap a string to hear its pitch, or move A = 440. Sound is analysed on your phone and never recorded.

THE CHORDS OF ANY KEY
Pick a key and a mode: major, mixolydian, dorian, minor, ten more, and the pentatonics and blues. See its chords as banjo shapes and which open strings ring in it, then hold a drone under it.

EVERY CHORD ON A ROOT
Triads, sus and power chords, sixths, sevenths, add9s and up, on all twelve roots. Search as you type: D7, F#m, Bbmaj7, A mixolydian.

LEFT-HANDED
One switch mirrors every chord box, the 5th string too.

IN YOUR CASE
Free, with no ads and no purchases. Works offline, with no account. Star the chords you use; your recent chords and keys are on the first screen. Sound plays with the silent switch on.