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A7b9#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 0–1–1–1

How to play the A7b9#5 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 0–1–1–1 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) Open
3rd string (C) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (E) Fret 1 · middle finger
1st string (A) Fret 1 · ring finger

Other names for the A7b9#5 chord

Other names: A 7th flat 9 sharp 5

Music theory name: seventh flat nine augmented fifth chord

Common name: A 7b9#5 chord

Notes and intervals in the A7b9#5 chord

Note Interval
A Root
C# Major 3rd
E# Augmented 5th
G Minor 7th
Bb Minor 9th

All variations

Open
0–1–1–1
Fret 3
3–5–3–4
Fret 6
6–7–6–8
Fret 9
10–10–9–10

More chords with A as the root

The same chord type in other keys