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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 1–0–1–0

How to play the B13b5b9 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 1–0–1–0 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) Open
2nd string (E) Fret 1 · middle finger
1st string (A) Open

Other names for the B13b5b9 chord

Other names: B 13th flat 5 flat 9

Music theory name: thirteenth flat five flat nine chord

Common name: B 13b5b9 chord

Notes and intervals in the B13b5b9 chord

Note Interval
B Root
D# Major 3rd
F Diminished 5th
A Minor 7th
C Minor 9th
E Perfect 11th
G# Major 13th

All variations

Open
1–0–1–0
Fret 2
2–5–4–3
Fret 5
5–8–5–8
Fret 8
10–9–8–11

More chords with B as the root

The same chord type in other keys