Piano chord · Suspended & power
A♯ power chord chord on piano
Right hand: A♯ (1), E♯ (5)
How to play A♯5 on piano: the keys to press, which fingers to use, inversions and how it’s written on the staff.
Just the root and 5th — punchy and neutral, a rock guitar staple.
- Notes
- A♯E♯
- Formula
- 15
- Built from
- root · perfect 5th
Piano
Root position · numbers are finger numbers
How to play it
Right handA♯1 · thumbE♯5 · pinky
Left handA♯5 · pinkythe root, an octave lower
Finger numbers: 1 thumb · 2 index · 3 middle · 4 ring · 5 pinky. Inversions use the same notes with a different one on the bottom — they help you move smoothly between chords. Tap any key to hear it.
Tips for playing A♯5 on piano
On piano, A♯5 has one black key (A♯) and one white key.
Notice the E♯ in A♯5 (A♯ E♯): each note of the chord takes its own letter (A–E), so the perfect 5th has to be written E♯ rather than F — the same key on a piano, spelled to fit the chord.
