A# Minor Chord on Cavaquinho
Play A# Minor on Cavaquinho: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The A# Minor chord is a darker, melancholic minor triad that anchors countless songs. It is built from the notes A#, C#, F. This page shows how to play A# Minor on Cavaquinho with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The lowest shape sits at fret 6 and spans 3 frets, with no open strings in it. A# falls on the D string. It sounds from A#4 up to A#5. 2 voicings are charted, the highest starting at fret 8.
Cavaquinho is tuned D–G–B–D, with 15 frets to work with. Voicings are computed for this tuning by the shared voicing generator, not borrowed from another instrument; traditional technique may still use idiomatic shapes not charted here.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on A# or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.