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Ab13b5b9 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 2–5–2–5

How to play the Ab13b5b9 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 2–5–2–5 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 5 · ring finger
2nd string (E) Fret 2 · index finger
1st string (A) Fret 5 · little finger

Notation for Ab13b5b9 chord

Other names: Ab 13th flat 5 flat 9

Music theory name: thirteenth flat five flat nine chord

Common name: Ab 13b5b9 chord

Intervals and tones in Ab13b5b9 chord

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

All Variations

Fret 2
2–5–2–5
Fret 5
7–6–5–8
Fret 8
11–9–10–8
Fret 9
10–9–10–9

More chords with Ab as the root

The same chord type in other keys