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B13b5b9 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 1–4–3–2

How to play the B13b5b9 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 1–4–3–2 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 1 · index finger
3rd string (C) Fret 4 · little finger
2nd string (E) Fret 3 · ring finger
1st string (A) Fret 2 · middle finger

Notation for B13b5b9 chord

Other names: B 13th flat 5 flat 9

Music theory name: thirteenth flat five flat nine chord

Common name: B 13b5b9 chord

Intervals and tones in B13b5b9 chord

Note Interval
B Root
D Major 3rd
E Diminished 5th
Ab Minor 7th
H Minor 9th
Eb Perfect 11th
G Major 13th

All Variations

Open
1–4–3–2
Fret 4
4–7–4–7
Fret 7
9–8–7–10
Fret 10
13–11–12–10

More chords with B as the root

The same chord type in other keys