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C#7b9#5 Ukulele Chord

An intensely tense altered chord combining an augmented fifth with a flat ninth. Used in jazz for dramatic resolution, typically to a minor chord a fourth up.

Ukulele

Strings 2–2–1–2

How to play the C#7b9#5 chord on ukulele

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

Notation for C#7b9#5 chord

Other names: C# 7th flat 9 sharp 5, C# 7b9#5

Music theory name: seventh flat nine augmented fifth chord

Common name: C# 7b9#5 chord

Intervals and tones in C#7b9#5 chord

Note Interval
C# Root
F Major 3rd
A Augmented 5th
H Minor 7th
D Minor 9th

All Variations

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

More chords with C# as the root

The same chord type in other keys