A# Chord
The A# is a major chord that sounds bright, happy, and resolved. Major chords are the backbone of countless songs. Their bright, stable sound makes them perfect for strumming, picking, and rhythm playing across every genre.
Open Position
Chord Diagrams
Position, Fret 6
Uses a barre chord technique
Open Position (Alt)
Uses a barre chord technique
How to Play A#
Follow these steps for the open position fingering:
| # | String | Instruction | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low E (6th string) | ●Fret 6 with your index finger | A# |
| 2 | A (5th string) | ●Fret 8 with your ring finger | D |
| 3 | D (4th string) | ●Fret 8 with your pinky finger | F |
| 4 | G (3rd string) | ●Fret 7 with your middle finger | A# |
| 5 | B (2nd string) | ●Fret 6 with your index finger | D |
| 6 | High E (1st string) | ●Fret 6 with your index finger | F |
○ = Open string (no fingers needed)
✕ = Muted string (don't play)
● = Press your finger down firmly just behind the fret
Notes in A#
The A# chord is built from 3 distinct notes, each serving a harmonic role:
Songs Using A#
These songs from our play-along library feature the A# chord:
Sahiba
Aditya Rikhari
NOKIA
PARTYNEXTDOOR, Drake
Summer of '69
Bryan Adams
Sweet Child O' Mine
Guns N' Roses
Great Expectation
SIENNA SPIRO
One Name
Anirudh Ravichander, Super Subu
Where's My Phone?
Mitski
ZLATA OGNEVICH
Zlata Ognevich
Solar Eclipse
Drake, Don Toliver
Straight Up
Karan Aujla & MXRCI
Eye Of The Tiger
Survivor
Been By Now
Morgan Wallen
Nicole Kidman
ADÉLA
Better Together
Jack Johnson
My Old Ways
Tame Impala
Yesterday
The Beatles
Babydoll
Dominic Fike
Problems
Mother Mother
Take A Sexy Picture Of Me
CMAT
Janice STFU
Drake
Head & Heart
Joel Corry feat. MNEK
Quebec
Drake
Riha
Anuv Jain
Baba O'Riley
The Who
You Are My Sunshine
Jimmie Davis
How It’s Done
HUNTR/X
Ala Bolelo
Anirudh Ravichander, Arunraja Kamaraj
Low Fade
Karan Aujla & MXRCI
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
Steam
Welcome To The Jungle
Guns N' Roses
Freestyle
Lil Baby
My Body Isn't Ready
sombr
Paint It, Black
The Rolling Stones
Softly
Karan Aujla, Ikky
KATSEYE (캣츠아이) "PINKY UP" Official MV
HYBE LABELS
Dream On
Aerosmith
Riptide
Vance Joy
Take Me Home Tonight/Be My Baby ft. Ronnie Spector
Eddie Money
Gehra Hua
Shashwat Sachdev, Arijit Singh, Irshad Kamil & Armaan Khan
Easy On Me
Adele
Dil Hai Na
Aditya Rikhari
IYKYK
Jxggi, Dishant & Sickboi
Channa Mereya
Arijit Singh
Touch
KATSEYE
Northern Attitude
Noah Kahan, Hozier
Disturbia
Rihanna
Last Thing You Need
Morgan Wallen
Pete Yorn
Pete Yorn
I Really Do...
Karan Aujla & Ikky
Landslide
Fleetwood Mac
Kaun Tujhe
Palak Muchhal
the cure
Olivia Rodrigo
Sooraj Dooba Hai
Arijit Singh
A Couple Minutes
Olivia Dean
Magic Man
Heart
Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma
Luke Combs
Made You Look
Meghan Trainor
Best I Ever Had
Drake
Darin feat. Eloise - Falling In love (Music Video)
Unknown
The Scientist
Coldplay
Poison
Alice Cooper
vampire
Olivia Rodrigo
21 Guns
Green Day
Too Sweet
Hozier
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
BMF
SZA
Rock That Body
Black Eyed Peas
We Are Young
Fun. feat. Janelle Monáe
March Madness
Future
"Soda Pop" Official Lyric Video | KPop Demon Hunters | Sony Animation
Sony Pictures Animation
Free Fallin'
Tom Petty
Once More to See You
Mitski
Beautiful Things
Benson Boone
twilight zone
Ariana Grande
Staring at the Sun
The Offspring
Die On This Hill
SIENNA SPIRO
The Fate of Ophelia
Taylor Swift
Bulleya
Amit Mishra
Eloise
Unknown
Time After Time
Cyndi Lauper
Just the Way You Are
Bruno Mars
Until I Found You
Stephen Sanchez
Life is a Highway
Rascal Flatts
Woh Ladki Jo
Unknown
Risk It All
Bruno Mars
I Ain't Worried
OneRepublic
Bekhayali
Unknown
back to friends
sombr
Xanadu
Rush
Sympathy For The Devil
The Rolling Stones
Like a Stone
Audioslave
So Good
Jhené Aiko feat. Kendrick Lamar
Fast Car
Luke Combs
Can't Get Enough
Bad Company
In The Air Tonight
Phil Collins
Gimme All Your Lovin'
ZZ Top
Houdini
Dua Lipa
Free Bird
Lynyrd Skynyrd
I'm The Problem
Morgan Wallen
Over My Head (Cable Car)
The Fray
Hell Yeah
Rev Theory
Girls, Girls, Girls
Mötley Crüe
Old Phone
Ed Sheeran
Green Green Grass
George Ezra
Before You Go
Lewis Capaldi
Sweet Melody
Little Mix
BED
Joel Corry
All The Stars
Kendrick Lamar, SZA
Tears
Sabrina Carpenter
Not Like Us
Kendrick Lamar
I Just Might
Bruno Mars
Shayad
Arijit Singh
Alag Aasmaan
Anuv Jain
Azizam
Ed Sheeran
Laal Ishq
Arijit Singh
Me And My Broken Heart
push baby
"How It's Done" Official Lyric Video
Unknown
Sports car
Tate McRae
hate that i made you love me
Ariana Grande
Livin' On A Prayer
Bon Jovi
Apna Time Aayega
Divine
All Along the Watchtower
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!
RAYE
Bon Jovi
Unknown
I Bet on Losing Dogs
Mitski
Good Times by Finger Eleven
RockofVengeance
Where the Wild Things Are
Luke Combs
I Love You, I'm Sorry
Gracie Abrams
Layla
Derek & The Dominos
Demons
Imagine Dragons
Kabira
Unknown
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Green Day
JUMP
BLACKPINK
Jump
Van Halen
High Hopes
Panic! At The Disco
Symphony
Clean Bandit feat. Zara Larsson
Burning Pile
Mother Mother
Rockstar
LISA
Taste
Sabrina Carpenter
luther
Kendrick Lamar
Khairiyat
Arijit Singh
Babydoll
Jamie Miller
Pumped Up Kicks
Foster the People
Kisses ft. bbyclose
BL3SS x CamrinWatsin
Sprinter
Central Cee & Dave
Bad Dreams
Teddy Swims
Show Me Love
WizTheMc & bees & honey
we can't be friends (wait for your love)
Ariana Grande
Sierra
Unknown
Dracula
Tame Impala
Layla (Unplugged)
Eric Clapton
Lush Life
Zara Larsson
Lut Gaye
Jubin Nautiyal
FEVER DREAM
Alex Warren
I Run
HAVEN
tv off
Kendrick Lamar
Jeena Jeena
Atif Aslam
O Mere Dil Ke Chain
Kishore Kumar
Pain
Jimmy Eat World
Eternity
Alex Warren
Roxanne
The Police
Why Don't You Get A Job
The Offspring
Hawa Banke
Darshan Raval
Zindagi Kuch Toh Bata (Reprise) | Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Pritam
About Damn Time
Lizzo
Sultans of Swing
Dire Straits
Carry On Wayward Son
Kansas
In The End
Linkin Park
Footloose
Kenny Loggins
Blinding Lights
The Weeknd
Calling After Me
Wallows
party 4 u
Charli xcx
How You Remind Me
Nickelback
Enna Sona
Arijit Singh
Raindance
Dave & Tems
Teri Mitti
B Praak
Kill Bill
SZA
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
Sharp Dressed Man
ZZ Top
Stateside
PinkPantheress
Chahun Main Ya Naa
Arijit Singh
Kashmir
Led Zeppelin
Wild Side
Mötley Crüe
Mary Jane's Last Dance
Tom Petty
Fooled Around and Fell in Love
Elvin Bishop
Heartbreaker
Pat Benatar
Ashke
Karan Aujla, MXRCI
One Sun One Moon
Anirudh Ravichander, Super Subu, Heisenberg
W Sound 05 "LA PLENA" - Beéle, Westcol, Ovy On The Drums
W Sound
Preet Re
Unknown
Raataan Lambiyan
Jubin Nautiyal
DYNAMITE
Tyla x Wizkid
One Wild Night
Bon Jovi
Renegade
Styx
ღ Black Velvet ~ Alannah Myles ღ
Nikoletta Triantopoulou
Bad Angel
Anyma, LISA
Favorite
Isabel LaRosa
Abracadabra
Lady Gaga
Baby Blue
Cody Simpson
APT.
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars
Anxiety
Doechii
A Night To Remember
beabadoobee, Laufey
Take A Slice
Glass Animals
GRIMACE (Original Song)
CG5
you and forever
Bleachers
The Subway
Chappell Roan
So Easy (To Fall In Love)
Olivia Dean
Other A# Chords
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