A#° chord on 8-String Guitar – Half Step Down

in Half Step Down (F-A#-D#-G#-C#-F#-A#-D#) tuning

✕○○○1342A#EA#C#A#A#E
A#°
Diminished
Notes:A# · C# · E
medium
Piano Left hand Right hand
EA#A#A#C#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
x 0 1 2 0 4 0 1– – 1 3 – 4 – 2x A# E A# C# A# A# Emedium
x x x 2 3 4 3 x– – – 1 2 4 3 –x x x A# E A# C# xmedium
x x 7 5 3 4 3 x– – 4 3 1 2 1 –x x A# C# E A# C# xhard · barre on fret 3
x 0 7 5 0 4 6 x– – 4 2 – 1 3 –x A# A# C# C# A# E xmedium
5 6 7 5 0 7 0 x1 2 3 1 – 4 – –A# E A# C# C# C# A# xmedium · barre on fret 5
x 0 7 8 0 7 6 x– – 2 4 – 3 1 –x A# A# E C# C# E xmedium
8 0 7 8 9 7 0 x2 – 1 3 4 1 – –C# A# A# E A# C# A# xmedium · barre on fret 7
x 0 10 8 0 10 0 10– – 2 1 – 3 – 4x A# C# E C# E A# C#medium
x x x x 9 10 0 10– – – – 1 2 – 3x x x x A# E A# C#easy
x x x x x 10 0 10– – – – – 1 – 2x x x x x E A# C#easy
11 0 x x 12 x x x1 – – – 2 – – –E A# x x C# x x xeasy
x 0 1 2 0 x 0 1– – 1 3 – – – 2x A# E A# C# x A# Eeasy
x x x 2 3 x 3 x– – – 1 2 – 3 –x x x A# E x C# xeasy
x x 7 5 3 7 3 x– – 3 2 1 4 1 –x x A# C# E C# C# xhard · barre on fret 3
x 0 7 8 0 4 0 7– – 2 4 – 1 – 3x A# A# E C# A# A# A#hard
5 6 7 5 0 7 x x1 2 3 1 – 4 – –A# E A# C# C# C# x xmedium · barre on fret 5

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