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C13b5b9 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 2–1–2–1

How to play the C13b5b9 chord on ukulele

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

Other names for the C13b5b9 chord

Other names: C 13th flat 5 flat 9

Music theory name: thirteenth flat five flat nine chord

Common name: C 13b5b9 chord

Notes and intervals in the C13b5b9 chord

Note Interval
C Root
E Major 3rd
Gb Diminished 5th
Bb Minor 7th
Db Minor 9th
F Perfect 11th
A Major 13th

All variations

Open
2–1–2–1
Open
3–1–2–0
Fret 3
3–6–5–4

More chords with C as the root

The same chord type in other keys