A#° chord on 8-String Guitar

in Standard F# (F#-B-E-A-D-G-B-E) tuning

✕○○34121A#EC#EA#C#E
A#°
Diminished
Notes:A# · C# · E
hardbarre on fret 2
Piano Left hand Right hand
EA#A#A#C#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
4 x 0 4 2 3 2 03 – – 4 1 2 1 –A# x E C# E A# C# Ehard · barre on fret 2
x x 6 4 2 3 2 x– – 4 3 1 2 1 –x x A# C# E A# C# xhard · barre on fret 2
x x 6 4 x 3 5 x– – 4 2 – 1 3 –x x A# C# x A# E xhard
4 5 0 4 x x x x1 3 – 2 – – – –A# E E C# x x x xeasy
x x x x 8 6 5 6– – – – 4 2 1 3x x x x A# C# E A#medium
x x 6 7 8 6 x x– – 1 2 3 1 – –x x A# E A# C# x xmedium · barre on fret 6
x 11 9 7 8 x x x– 4 3 1 2 – – –x A# C# E A# x x xhard
x x x x 8 9 11 9– – – – 1 2 4 3x x x x A# E A# C#medium
x 11 9 x 11 9 x x– 3 1 – 4 2 – –x A# C# x C# E x xhard
10 11 0 x 11 x x x1 2 – – 3 – – –E A# E x C# x x xeasy
x 11 12 x 11 x x x– 1 3 – 2 – – –x A# E x C# x x xeasy
x x x 1 2 3 2 0– – – 1 2 4 3 –x x x A# E A# C# Emedium
x x 6 4 2 6 2 x– – 3 2 1 4 1 –x x A# C# E C# C# xhard · barre on fret 2
4 5 x 4 x 3 x x2 4 – 3 – 1 – –A# E x C# x A# x xhard
4 5 6 4 x x x x1 2 3 1 – – – –A# E A# C# x x x xmedium · barre on fret 4
x x x x 8 6 5 0– – – – 3 2 1 –x x x x A# C# E Emedium

The A#° chord (Diminished) is built from the notes A#, C#, E. Below are playable fingerings for 8-String Guitar 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.