Home › B chords for ukulele › B9b5 Ukulele Chord

B9b5 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 1–2–0–3

How to play the B9b5 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 1–2–0–3 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) Play open
1st string (A) Fret 3 · ring finger

Notation for B9b5 chord

Other names: B 9th flat 5

Music theory name: ninth flat five chord

Common name: B 9b5 chord

Intervals and tones in B9b5 chord

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

All Variations

Open
1–2–0–3
Fret 4
5–4–4–5
Fret 7
7–8–8–7
Fret 9
9–12–10–11

More chords with B as the root

The same chord type in other keys