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A9b5 Ukulele 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.

Ukulele

Strings 4–3–3–4

How to play the A9b5 chord on ukulele

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

Notation for A9b5 chord

Other names: A 9th flat 5

Music theory name: ninth flat five chord

Common name: A 9b5 chord

Intervals and tones in A9b5 chord

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

All Variations

Open
4–3–3–4
Fret 6
6–7–7–6
Fret 8
8–11–9–10
Fret 11
12–13–11–14

More chords with A as the root

The same chord type in other keys