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E7b9#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 1–2–1–3

How to play the E7b9#5 chord on ukulele

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

Other names for the E7b9#5 chord

Other names: E 7th flat 9 sharp 5

Music theory name: seventh flat nine augmented fifth chord

Common name: E 7b9#5 chord

Notes and intervals in the E7b9#5 chord

Note Interval
E Root
G# Major 3rd
B# Augmented 5th
D Minor 7th
F Minor 9th

All variations

Open
1–2–1–3
Fret 4
5–5–4–5
Fret 7
7–8–8–8
Fret 10
10–12–10–11

More chords with E as the root

The same chord type in other keys