A#° chord on 6-String Guitar – Drop C#

in Drop C# (C#-G#-C#-F#-A#-D#) tuning

✕○○231A#C#A#A#E
A#°
Diminished
Notes:A# · C# · E
medium
Piano Left hand Right hand
EA#A#A#C#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
x 2 0 4 0 1– 2 – 3 – 1x A# C# A# A# Emedium
x 2 3 4 3 x– 1 2 4 3 –x A# E A# C# xmedium
3 5 3 4 3 x1 3 1 2 1 –E C# E A# C# xmedium · barre on fret 3
0 5 0 4 6 x– 2 – 1 3 –C# C# C# A# E xmedium
9 5 0 7 6 x4 1 – 3 2 –A# C# C# C# E xhard
9 8 0 7 6 x4 3 – 2 1 –A# E C# C# E xmedium
9 8 0 7 0 74 3 – 1 – 2A# E C# C# A# A#medium
9 8 0 10 0 102 1 – 3 – 4A# E C# E A# C#medium
x x 9 10 0 10– – 1 2 – 3x x A# E A# C#easy
x x x 10 0 10– – – 1 – 2x x x E A# C#easy
x 2 0 x 0 1– 2 – – – 1x A# C# x A# Eeasy
x 2 3 x 3 x– 1 2 – 3 –x A# E x C# xeasy
x x 3 4 3 x– – 1 2 1 –x x E A# C# xeasy · barre on fret 3
0 5 0 4 6 7– 2 – 1 3 4C# C# C# A# E A#medium
9 5 0 x 6 74 1 – – 2 3A# C# C# x E A#hard
x x 9 7 6 7– – 4 2 1 3x x A# C# E A#medium

The A#° chord (Diminished) is built from the notes A#, C#, E. Below are playable fingerings for 6-String Guitar – Drop C# 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.