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A13b5b9 Ukulele Chord

A highly altered thirteenth chord. An advanced jazz chord. On guitar, usually only 4 notes are played — the eleventh and often the root are omitted.

Ukulele

Strings 3–6–3–6

How to play the A13b5b9 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 3–6–3–6 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 3 · index finger
3rd string (C) Fret 6 · ring finger
2nd string (E) Fret 3 · index finger
1st string (A) Fret 6 · little finger

Notation for A13b5b9 chord

Other names: A 13th flat 5 flat 9

Music theory name: thirteenth flat five flat nine chord

Common name: A 13b5b9 chord

Intervals and tones in A13b5b9 chord

Note Interval
A Root
C# Major 3rd
Eb Diminished 5th
G Minor 7th
B Minor 9th
D Perfect 11th
F# Major 13th

All Variations

Fret 3
3–6–3–6
Fret 6
8–7–6–9
Fret 9
0–10–11–9
Fret 10
11–10–11–10

More chords with A as the root

The same chord type in other keys