A#5 chord
A#5 chord for guitar with diagrams, fingerings and notes.
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A#5 is equivalent to B flat 5th. It's usually played as a movable shape with the bass note on the 6th or 5th string.
Shown in the Fingerings diagram is a two-finger movable shape, involving only two strings, also common is the three-finger shape including the little finger.
As shown in Notes diagram, two notes are included, the root (A#) and the 5th (F), in the similar three-finger shape the root is doubled one octave higher.
Notice that the diagram starts at the 6th fret rather than the 1st fret.
Short notation: 68XXXX.
Chord structure
The chord consists of two notes. The notes represent the root and perfect fifth. Notice that the root is sometimes doubled.
Chord name
A#5 is an abbreviation for A sharp fifth, also known as A sharp power chord.
Notes
The notes that the A#5 chord consists of are A# and F.
Inversions
A#5/F (means that F is the bass note).
Chord progressions
A#5 - C5 - F5
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