A#° chord on 12-String Guitar – Drop A

in Drop A (A-A-E-E-A-A-D-D-F#-F#-B-B) tuning

○○✕✕11223344A#A#EEA#A#EEC#C#
A#°
Diminished
Notes:A# · C# · E
hard
Piano Left hand Right hand
EA#A#A#C#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
1 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 x x 2 21 1 – – 2 2 3 3 – – 4 4A# A# E E A# A# E E x x C# C#hard
x x 6 6 4 4 2 2 4 4 2 2– – 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 3 1 1x x A# A# C# C# E E A# A# C# C#hard · barre on fret 2
x x 6 6 4 4 8 8 4 4 5 5– – 3 3 1 1 4 4 1 1 2 2x x A# A# C# C# A# A# A# A# E Ehard · barre on fret 4
x x x x x x 8 8 7 7 5 5– – – – – – 3 3 2 2 1 1x x x x x x A# A# C# C# E Emedium
x x 6 6 7 7 8 8 7 7 x x– – 1 1 2 2 4 4 3 3 – –x x A# A# E E A# A# C# C# x xmedium
7 7 9 9 7 7 8 8 7 7 x x1 1 3 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 – –E E C# C# E E A# A# C# C# x xmedium · barre on fret 7
x x 9 9 x x 8 8 10 10 x x– – 2 2 – – 1 1 3 3 – –x x C# C# x x A# A# E E x xhard
x x 9 9 x x 11 11 10 10 11 11– – 1 1 – – 3 3 2 2 4 4x x C# C# x x C# C# E E A# A#hard
x x x x x x 11 11 10 10 11 11– – – – – – 2 2 1 1 3 3x x x x x x C# C# E E A# A#easy
x x 0 0 x x 11 11 x x 11 11– – – – – – 1 1 – – 2 2x x E E x x C# C# x x A# A#easy
1 1 0 0 4 4 2 2 4 4 x x1 1 – – 3 3 2 2 4 4 – –A# A# E E C# C# E E A# A# x xmedium
x x 6 6 4 4 2 2 4 4 x x– – 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 3 – –x x A# A# C# C# E E A# A# x xhard
x x 6 6 4 4 x x 4 4 5 5– – 4 4 1 1 – – 2 2 3 3x x A# A# C# C# x x A# A# E Ehard
x x 6 6 7 7 x x 7 7 5 5– – 2 2 3 3 – – 4 4 1 1x x A# A# E E x x C# C# E Ehard
x x 6 6 7 7 x x 7 7 x x– – 1 1 2 2 – – 3 3 – –x x A# A# E E x x C# C# x xeasy
x x 0 0 7 7 8 8 7 7 x x– – – – 1 1 2 2 1 1 – –x x E E E E A# A# C# C# x xeasy · barre on fret 7

The A#° chord (Diminished) is built from the notes A#, C#, E. Below are playable fingerings for 12-String Guitar – Drop A 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.