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Ab9b5 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 3–2–2–3

How to play the Ab9b5 chord on ukulele

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

Notation for Ab9b5 chord

Other names: Ab 9th flat 5

Music theory name: ninth flat five chord

Common name: Ab 9b5 chord

Intervals and tones in Ab9b5 chord

Note Interval
Ab Root
C Major 3rd
D Diminished 5th
F# Minor 7th
B Major 9th

All Variations

Open
3–2–2–3
Fret 5
5–6–6–5
Fret 7
7–10–8–9
Fret 10
11–12–10–13

More chords with Ab as the root

The same chord type in other keys