A#° chord on 5-String Bass – Low Bb

in Low Bb (A#-D#-G#-C#-F#) tuning

○○✕12A#EA#C#
A#°
Diminished
Notes:A# · C# · E
easy
Piano Left hand Right hand
EA#A#A#C#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
0 1 2 0 x– 1 2 – –A# E A# C# xeasy
3 x 2 3 x2 – 1 3 –C# x A# E xeasy
x 7 5 3 4– 4 3 1 2x A# C# E A#hard
0 7 8 0 4– 2 3 – 1A# A# E C# A#hard
6 7 5 0 72 3 1 – 4E A# C# C# C#medium
6 7 8 0 71 2 4 – 3E A# E C# C#medium
0 7 8 9 7– 1 2 3 1A# A# E A# C#medium · barre on fret 7
0 10 8 9 10– 3 1 2 4A# C# E A# Emedium
0 10 x 9 10– 2 – 1 3A# C# x A# Eeasy
0 10 x 0 10– 1 – – 2A# C# x C# Eeasy
0 1 2 0 4– 1 2 – 3A# E A# C# A#medium
3 x 2 3 42 – 1 3 4C# x A# E A#hard
x 7 5 3 7– 3 2 1 4x A# C# E C#hard
x 7 8 0 4– 2 3 – 1x A# E C# A#hard
6 7 5 0 x2 3 1 – –E A# C# C# xmedium
6 7 8 0 x1 2 3 – –E A# E C# xmedium

The A#° chord (Diminished) is built from the notes A#, C#, E. Below are playable fingerings for 5-String Bass – Low Bb 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.