The first chord you need to know on the banjo is G. This is the simplest chord on the banjo and is played by strumming the banjo open, which means you don’t lay a finger on the neck. Go ahead, try it out. The first chord is easy but it gets a little more difficult from here. If you would like to hear the G Chord played on a banjo, just press play on the audio player below.
Next we’ll add a C chord. This chord is played with three fingers and is shown in the following diagram. If you are wondering which fingers you use to form the chord, don’t worry that is indicated in the diagram. I for index, M for middle, R for ring and P for pinky. You can listen to the C Chord, just press play below the C chord diagram
Finally, our third chord, which is D. This chord uses three fingers, just as C did, only this time we need our index, middle and pinky fingers. The D chord is illustrated below, you can also hear the chord by pressing play on the player.
Many songs are played with just these three chords, so practice them. In order to play a song you need to be able to smoothly move from one chord to another. The first step is to learn to play each chord individually.
What you should know.
- G Chord
- C Chord
- D Chord
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