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D7b9#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 3–3–2–3

How to play the D7b9#5 chord on ukulele

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

Other names for the D7b9#5 chord

Other names: D 7th flat 9 sharp 5

Music theory name: seventh flat nine augmented fifth chord

Common name: D 7b9#5 chord

Notes and intervals in the D7b9#5 chord

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

All variations

Open
3–3–2–3
Fret 5
5–6–6–6
Fret 8
8–10–8–9
Fret 11
11–12–11–13

More chords with D as the root

The same chord type in other keys