CHORD REFERENCE

A♯ Diminished

A♯ – C♯ – E1 b3 b5

Also written B♭dim — the same pitches spelled the other way.

The A♯ Diminished chord and everything around it — the notes and how they are built, the shape on piano and guitar, the sound, and the keys it belongs to.

Notes
A♯1C♯b3Eb5

A♯dim is A#, C#, E — the 1, b3 and b5 above the root A♯.

Piano
EA♯C♯
Guitar

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eEA♯C♯EBC♯EA♯GA♯C♯EDEA♯C♯AA♯C♯EEEA♯C♯E

Root notes are red. There is no standard open shape for this chord — any group of these notes on the neck sounds the chord.

Ukulele (standard G–C–E–A)

357912AA♯C♯EEEA♯C♯ECC♯EA♯GA♯C♯E

Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only A#, C#, E plays the chord.

In which keys

A♯dim is a diatonic chord in these keys:

vii°B majorii°A♭ minor
Other A♯ chords

Triads

A♯MajorA♯mMinorA♯5Power Chord (5)A♯augAugmentedA♯sus2Suspended 2ndA♯sus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

A♯6Major 6thA♯m6Minor 6thA♯7Dominant 7thA♯maj7Major 7thA♯m7Minor 7thA♯m(maj7)Minor–Major 7thA♯dim7Diminished 7thA♯m7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)A♯7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

A♯7♭57♭5A♯7♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)A♯7♭97♭9A♯7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

A♯add9Added 9thA♯6/96/9A♯9Dominant 9thA♯maj9Major 9thA♯m9Minor 9thA♯11Dominant 11thA♯13Dominant 13th
Diminished on another root
CC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯AB♭A♯B
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