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E13b5b9 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 3–2–1–4

How to play the E13b5b9 chord on ukulele

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

Other names for the E13b5b9 chord

Other names: E 13th flat 5 flat 9

Music theory name: thirteenth flat five flat nine chord

Common name: E 13b5b9 chord

Notes and intervals in the E13b5b9 chord

Note Interval
E Root
G# Major 3rd
Bb Diminished 5th
D Minor 7th
F Minor 9th
A Perfect 11th
C# Major 13th

All variations

Open
3–2–1–4
Fret 4
7–5–6–4
Fret 5
6–5–6–5
Fret 7
7–10–9–8

More chords with E as the root

The same chord type in other keys