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Ab7#9 Ukulele Chord

A raw, urgent sound containing both a major third and a minor third (augmented ninth = minor third). Made famous by Jimi Hendrix in "Purple Haze". A staple of blues-rock and funk.

Ukulele

Strings 4–3–2–3

How to play the Ab7#9 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 4–3–2–3 from the G string to the A string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. 0 means an open string and X means a muted string.

4th string (G) Fret 4 · pinky
3rd string (C) Fret 3 · middle finger
2nd string (E) Fret 2 · index finger
1st string (A) Fret 3 · ring finger

Other names for the Ab7#9 chord

Other names: Ab 7th sharp 9, Ab Hendrix chord

Music theory name: seventh sharp nine chord

Common name: Ab Hendrix chord

Notes and intervals in the Ab7#9 chord

Note Interval
Ab Root
C Major 3rd
Eb Perfect 5th
Gb Minor 7th
B Augmented 9th

All variations

Open
4–3–2–3
Fret 2
5–3–2–2
Fret 5
5–6–7–6
Fret 8
8–11–8–9

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The same chord type in other keys