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How to Play the A# / B Flat Major Chord on Guitar

A# / B Flat Major Chord Overview

Notes

A# - D - F

Interval Build & Degrees

I-III-V (Root, Major Third, and Perfect Fifth)

Tab

6-8-8-7-6-6 (A#-F-A#-D-F-A#)

A# / B Flat Major Step by Step Instructions

Here is how you play A# / B Flat Major:
1. Barre your index finger across all six strings at the 1st fret.
2. Place your ring finger on the 3rd fret of the A string.
3. Place your pinky finger on the 3rd fret of the D string.
4. Place your middle finger on the 3rd fret of the G string.
5. Strum all strings together to play the chord

Common A# / B Flat Major Voicings on Guitar

A# / B Flat Major Barre Chord (6th string root)

1-1-3-3-3-1

A# / B Flat Major using 5th string root

6-8-8-7-6-6

A# / B Flat Major using 4th string root

X-X-8-7-6-6

A# / B Flat Major First Inversion

X-X-X-7-6-6 (D as the root)

A# / B Flat Major Second Inversion

X-X-X-10-11-10 (F as the root)

Famous Songs That Use the A# / B Flat Major Chord

  • 'Let It Be' by The Beatles
  • 'With or Without You' by U2
  • 'No Woman, No Cry' by Bob Marley
  • 'Yesterday' by The Beatles
  • 'Imagine' by John Lennon

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