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Ab13#9 Ukulele Chord

A dramatic altered chord close to the "Hendrix chord" with an added flat thirteenth. Used in jazz and blues-rock. On guitar, the fifth is omitted.

Ukulele

Strings 0–1–1–3

How to play the Ab13#9 chord on ukulele

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

Notation for Ab13#9 chord

Other names: A flat 13 sharp 9, A 7b13#9

Music theory name: seventh flat thirteen sharp nine chord

Common name: A b13#9 chord

Intervals and tones in Ab13#9 chord

Note Interval
A Root
C# Major 3rd
E Perfect 5th
G Minor 7th
C Augmented 9th
F Minor 13th

All Variations

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

More chords with A as the root

The same chord type in other keys