A#m Chord
The A#m is a minor chord that sounds darker, more melancholic, and expressive. Minor chords add emotional depth and drama. The lowered third gives them their characteristic bittersweet quality, making them essential for blues, rock, and emotional ballads.
Open Position
Chord Diagrams
Open Position
Uses a barre chord technique
Barre Shape, Fret 6
Uses a barre chord technique
How to Play A#m
Follow these steps for the open position fingering:
| # | String | Instruction | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low E (6th string) | ✕Mute, do not play this string | – |
| 2 | A (5th string) | ●Fret 1 with your index finger | C# |
| 3 | D (4th string) | ●Fret 3 with your ring finger | F |
| 4 | G (3rd string) | ●Fret 3 with your pinky finger | A# |
| 5 | B (2nd string) | ●Fret 2 with your middle finger | C# |
| 6 | High E (1st string) | ●Fret 1 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#m
The A#m chord is built from 3 distinct notes, each serving a harmonic role:
Songs Using A#m
These songs from our play-along library feature the A#m chord:
Lookin' Out My Back Door
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Here Without You
3 Doors Down
Sahiba
Aditya Rikhari
Saturn
SZA
Tum Hi Ho
Arijit Singh
STAY
The Kid Laroi
Solar Eclipse
Drake, Don Toliver
Straight Up
Karan Aujla & MXRCI
My Old Ways
Tame Impala
Problems
Mother Mother
Take A Sexy Picture Of Me
CMAT
Janice STFU
Drake
Training Season
Dua Lipa
Bye Bye Bye
*NSYNC
No Woman, No Cry
Bob Marley
My Body Isn't Ready
sombr
Softly
Karan Aujla, Ikky
Black Friday
Tom Odell
Man I Need
Olivia Dean
That’s So True
Gracie Abrams
Riptide
Vance Joy
Take Me Home Tonight/Be My Baby ft. Ronnie Spector
Eddie Money
IYKYK
Jxggi, Dishant & Sickboi
Last Thing You Need
Morgan Wallen
I Really Do...
Karan Aujla & Ikky
People
Libianca
Afraid To Feel
LF System
the cure
Olivia Rodrigo
Best I Ever Had
Drake
vampire
Olivia Rodrigo
BMF
SZA
House Tour
Sabrina Carpenter
Die On This Hill
SIENNA SPIRO
HOT TO GO!
Chappell Roan
Main Hoon Hero Tera
Armaan Malik
Mr. Brightside
The Killers
Woh Ladki Jo
Abhijeet
back to friends
sombr
I Can't Love You Anymore
Ella Langley & Morgan Wallen
Homewrecker
sombr
I'm The Problem
Morgan Wallen
Over My Head (Cable Car)
The Fray
Green Green Grass
George Ezra
Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)
Elton John
BED
Joel Corry
At Peace
Karan Aujla & Ikky
Shayad
Arijit Singh
Azizam
Ed Sheeran
hate that i made you love me
Ariana Grande
WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!
RAYE
Good Times by Finger Eleven
RockofVengeance
Free
Rumi & JINU
Choosin' Texas
Ella Langley
Slow It Down
Benson Boone
High Hopes
Panic! At The Disco
Tum Se Hi
Mohit Chauhan
Sapphire
Ed Sheeran
Sprinter
Central Cee & Dave
Show Me Love
WizTheMc & bees & honey
Dracula
Tame Impala
FEVER DREAM
Alex Warren
I Run
HAVEN
O Mere Dil Ke Chain
Kishore Kumar
Tere Sang Yaara
Atif Aslam
Zindagi Kuch Toh Bata (Reprise) | Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Pritam
About Damn Time
Lizzo
Ranjha
B Praak
Calling After Me
Wallows
party 4 u
Charli xcx
Raindance
Dave & Tems
Kal Ho Na Ho
Sonu Nigam
Kill Bill
SZA
More Than Words
Extreme
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
Stateside
PinkPantheress
Heartbreak Anthem
Galantis
Seventeen Going Under (Edit)
Sam Fender
Chahun Main Ya Naa
Arijit Singh
Good Luck, Babe!
Chappell Roan
Gul
Anuv Jain
Mary Jane's Last Dance
Tom Petty
Bad Angel
Anyma, LISA
Favorite
Isabel LaRosa
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