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Ab7b5 Ukulele Chord

A tense jazz chord with a tritone replacing the perfect fifth. Often serves as a tritone substitution in jazz progressions — replacing the classic dominant seventh chord.

Ukulele

Strings 1–2–2–3

How to play the Ab7b5 chord on ukulele

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

Notation for Ab7b5 chord

Other names: Ab 7th flat 5

Music theory name: seventh flat five chord

Common name: Ab 7b5 chord

Intervals and tones in Ab7b5 chord

Note Interval
Ab Root
C Major 3rd
D Diminished 5th
F# Minor 7th

All Variations

Open
1–2–2–3
Fret 4
5–6–4–5
Fret 7
7–8–8–9
Fret 10
11–12–10–11

More chords with Ab as the root

The same chord type in other keys