Guitar · Diminished chord

A#dimA# Diminished

  • Key: B Major
  • Easy
  • Popular

A#dim is the A# diminished chord on guitar, made of the notes A# · C# · E.

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Other positions

Notes

  • A#
  • C#
  • E

Structure

  1. 1
  2. ♭3
  3. ♭5
Sound
Diminished
Unstable, dramatic
Harmonic function
Dominant
Creates tension that resolves to the tonic.

Harmonic field of B Major

DegreeChordFunction
IBTonic
iiC#mSubdominant
iiiD#mTonic relative
IVESubdominant
VF#Dominant
viG#mTonic relative
vii°A#dimDominant

How to play

  1. 1Place your index finger on fret 1 of string 5.
  2. 2Place your middle finger on fret 2 of string 4.
  3. 3Place your ring finger on fret 2 of string 2.
  4. 4Place your pinky on fret 3 of string 3.
  5. 5Don't play strings 6, 1.
  6. 6Strum from string 5 down.

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