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D9b5 Ukulele Chord

A tense jazz chord with a tritone. Often serves as a tritone substitution for the dominant. The fifth is already altered, so the perfect fifth is not played — the remaining notes are all included.

Ukulele

Strings 1–4–2–3

How to play the D9b5 chord on ukulele

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

Notation for D9b5 chord

Other names: D 9th flat 5

Music theory name: ninth flat five chord

Common name: D 9b5 chord

Intervals and tones in D9b5 chord

Note Interval
D Root
F# Major 3rd
Ab Diminished 5th
C Minor 7th
E Major 9th

All Variations

Open
1–4–2–3
Fret 4
5–6–4–7
Fret 8
9–8–8–9
Fret 11
11–12–12–11

More chords with D as the root

The same chord type in other keys