A#° chord on 5-String Banjo – Open C (gCGCE)

in Open C (gCGCE) tuning

✕✕○21A#C#E
A#°
Diminished
Notes:A# · C# · E
medium
Piano Left hand Right hand
EA#A#A#C#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
x x 3 1 0– – 2 1 –x x A# C# Emedium
6 x 3 4 63 – 1 2 4C# x A# E A#hard
6 4 6 4 62 1 3 1 4C# E C# E A#medium · barre on fret 4
6 10 9 10 61 3 2 4 1C# A# E A# A#hard · barre on fret 6
9 10 9 10 91 2 1 3 1E A# E A# C#easy · barre on fret 9
3 x 3 1 02 – 3 1 –A# x A# C# Ehard
6 x 3 4 x3 – 1 2 –C# x A# E xhard
x 4 6 4 6– 1 2 1 3x E C# E A#medium · barre on fret 4
9 10 6 10 62 3 1 4 1E A# C# A# A#hard · barre on fret 6
x 10 9 10 9– 2 1 3 1x A# E A# C#easy · barre on fret 9
3 1 3 1 02 1 3 1 –A# C# A# C# Emedium · barre on fret 1
3 4 6 4 x1 2 4 3 –A# E C# E xmedium
x x 6 4 6– – 2 1 3x x C# E A#medium
6 10 6 10 01 2 1 3 –C# A# C# A# Ehard · barre on fret 6
9 10 x 10 91 3 – 4 2E A# x A# C#hard
x 1 3 1 0– 1 2 1 –x C# A# C# Emedium · barre on fret 1

The A#° chord (Diminished) is built from the notes A#, C#, E. Below are playable fingerings for 5-String Banjo – Open C (gCGCE) generated for your selected tuning, ordered from open-position shapes up the neck. Tap a diagram to hear it, or switch to the piano view to see the same harmony on keys.

How the A#° chord is built

Formula: 1 · ♭3 · ♭5

DegreeSemitonesNote
10A#
♭33C#
♭56E

More A# chords

Other roots

See A#° in another tuning

What notes make up the A#° chord?

A#° is a Diminished chord built from the notes A#, C#, E.

How do I read the diagram?

Strings run left to right from the lowest to the first string; the numbers show which finger presses each fret. An ○ marks an open string, an ✕ marks a muted one.