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H9b5 Guitar Chord

A tense jazz chord with a tritone. Often serves as a tritone substitution for the dominant. The fifth is already altered, so the perfect fifth is not played — the remaining notes are all included.

Guitar

Strings X–2–1–2–2–1

How to play the H9b5 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–2–1–2–2–1 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Do not play
5th string (A) Fret 2 · middle finger
4th string (D) Fret 1 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 2 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · little finger
1st string (high E) Fret 1 · index finger

Notation for H9b5 chord

Other names: H 9th flat 5

Music theory name: ninth flat five chord

Common name: H 9b5 chord

Intervals and tones in H9b5 chord

Note Interval
H Root
Eb Major 3rd
F Diminished 5th
A Minor 7th
C# Major 9th

All Variations

Open
X–2–1–2–2–1
Fret 6
7–6–7–6–6–7
Fret 7
7–8–7–8–X–9
Fret 13
X–14–13–14–14–13

More chords with H as the root

The same chord type in other keys