D#5 chord on 6-String Guitar – Drop A

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

✕✕✕123D#A#D#
D#5
Power Chord
Notes:D# · A#
medium
Piano Left hand Right hand
D#D#D#A#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
x x x 1 4 4– – – 1 2 3x x x D# A# D#medium
6 6 6 x 4 x2 3 4 – 1 –D# A# D# x A# xhard
6 6 6 x x x1 1 1 – – –D# A# D# x x xeasy · barre on fret 6
x 11 x 8 9 11– 3 – 1 2 4x D# x A# D# A#hard
x x x x 9 11– – – – 1 2x x x x D# A#medium
x 11 x x x 11– 1 – – – 2x D# x x x A#easy
x x x 1 4 x– – – 1 2 –x x x D# A# xmedium
x x 6 8 4 4– – 3 4 1 2x x D# A# A# D#hard
6 6 x x x x1 2 – – – –D# A# x x x xeasy
x 11 x 8 9 x– 3 – 1 2 –x D# x A# D# xhard
x 11 x x 9 11– 2 – – 1 3x D# x x D# A#hard
x x 1 1 x x– – 1 2 – –x x A# D# x xeasy
x x 6 x 4 4– – 3 – 1 2x x D# x A# D#hard
6 6 6 8 x x1 1 1 2 – –D# A# D# A# x xmedium · barre on fret 6
x 11 x 8 x x– 2 – 1 – –x D# x A# x xhard
1 x 1 1 x x1 – 2 3 – –A# x A# D# x xeasy

The D#5 chord (Power Chord) is built from the notes D#, A#. Below are playable fingerings for 6-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 D#5 chord is built

Formula: 1 · 5

DegreeSemitonesNote
10D#
57A#

More D# chords

Other roots

See D#5 in another tuning

What notes make up the D#5 chord?

D#5 is a Power Chord chord built from the notes D#, A#.

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.