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Am9b5 Ukulele Chord

An extension of the half-diminished seventh chord with a ninth. A softer alternative to m7b5 thanks to the added ninth. Common in modern jazz as the ii chord in minor ii–V–i progressions.

Ukulele

Strings 5–3–3–2

How to play the Am9b5 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 5–3–3–2 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 5 · pinky
3rd string (C) Fret 3 · middle finger
2nd string (E) Fret 3 · middle finger
1st string (A) Fret 2 · index finger

Other names for the Am9b5 chord

Other names: A minor 9th flat 5, Amin9b5

Music theory name: minor ninth flat five chord

Common name: A minor 9th flat 5 chord

Notes and intervals in the Am9b5 chord

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

All variations

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

More chords with A as the root

The same chord type in other keys