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Cb13#9 Ukulele Chord

A dramatic altered chord close to the "Hendrix chord" with an added flat thirteenth. Used in jazz and blues-rock. On guitar, the fifth is omitted.

Ukulele

Strings 1–3–0–1

How to play the Cb13#9 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 1–3–0–1 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 1 · index finger
3rd string (C) Fret 3 · ring finger
2nd string (E) Open
1st string (A) Fret 1 · middle finger

Other names for the Cb13#9 chord

Other names: C flat 13 sharp 9, C7b13#9

Music theory name: seventh flat thirteen sharp nine chord

Common name: C b13#9 chord

Notes and intervals in the Cb13#9 chord

Note Interval
C Root
E Major 3rd
G Perfect 5th
Bb Minor 7th
D# Augmented 9th
Ab Minor 13th

All variations

Open
1–3–0–1
Fret 3
3–4–4–6
Fret 6
9–8–6–6
Fret 6
8–8–6–7

More chords with C as the root

The same chord type in other keys