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Db13#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 3–5–2–3

How to play the Db13#9 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 3–5–2–3 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 5 · pinky
2nd string (E) Fret 2 · index finger
1st string (A) Fret 3 · ring finger

Other names for the Db13#9 chord

Other names: D flat 13 sharp 9, D7b13#9

Music theory name: seventh flat thirteen sharp nine chord

Common name: D b13#9 chord

Notes and intervals in the Db13#9 chord

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

All variations

Fret 2
3–5–2–3
Fret 5
5–6–6–8
Fret 8
11–10–8–8
Fret 8
10–10–8–9

More chords with D as the root

The same chord type in other keys