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Ab7b9#5 Ukulele Chord

An intensely tense altered chord combining an augmented fifth with a flat ninth. Used in jazz for dramatic resolution, typically to a minor chord a fourth up.

Ukulele

Strings 2–4–2–3

How to play the Ab7b9#5 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 2–4–2–3 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 2 · index finger
3rd string (C) Fret 4 · ring finger
2nd string (E) Fret 2 · index finger
1st string (A) Fret 3 · middle finger

Other names for the Ab7b9#5 chord

Other names: Ab 7th flat 9 sharp 5

Music theory name: seventh flat nine augmented fifth chord

Common name: Ab 7b9#5 chord

Notes and intervals in the Ab7b9#5 chord

Note Interval
Ab Root
C Major 3rd
E Augmented 5th
Gb Minor 7th
A Minor 9th

All variations

Open
2–4–2–3
Fret 5
5–6–5–7
Fret 8
9–9–8–9
Fret 11
11–12–12–12

More chords with Ab as the root

The same chord type in other keys