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D13b5b9 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 5–3–4–2

How to play the D13b5b9 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 5–3–4–2 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 5 · little finger
3rd string (C) Fret 3 · middle finger
2nd string (E) Fret 4 · ring finger
1st string (A) Fret 2 · index finger

Notation for D13b5b9 chord

Other names: D 13th flat 5 flat 9

Music theory name: thirteenth flat five flat nine chord

Common name: D 13b5b9 chord

Intervals and tones in D13b5b9 chord

Note Interval
D Root
F# Major 3rd
Ab Diminished 5th
C Minor 7th
Eb Minor 9th
G Perfect 11th
H Major 13th

All Variations

Fret 2
5–3–4–2
Open
4–3–4–3
Fret 5
5–8–7–6

More chords with D as the root

The same chord type in other keys