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G9b5 Piano 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.

Piano

Recommended voicing
Left hand G2 · F3 fingers 5–1
Right hand C#4 · A4 · B4 fingers 1–4–5

How to play the G9b5 chord on piano

Split the recommended voicing between the hands: play G2 and F3 with the left hand and C#4, A4 and B4 with the right. Suggested fingering is 5–1 on the left and 1–4–5 on the right (1 is the thumb).

Notation for G9b5 chord

Other names: G 9th flat 5

Music theory name: ninth flat five chord

Common name: G 9b5 chord

Intervals and tones in G9b5 chord

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

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