A# 7b5 Chord on Classical Guitar (Drop D)

Play A# 7b5 on Classical Guitar (Drop D): diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.

The A# 7b5 chord is an extended or altered dominant that stacks ninths, elevenths, thirteenths, or chromatic tensions over a dominant-seventh core. It is built from the notes A#, D, E, G#. This page shows how to play A# 7b5 on Classical Guitar (Drop D) with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

The D and E strings ring open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 1 over a 3-fret stretch. A# falls on the A string. It sounds from D2 up to E4.

It has nylon strings on a wider, flatter neck, with the lowest string slackened a whole tone.

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.