E7#9 Ukulele Chord

A raw, urgent sound containing both a major third and a minor third (augmented ninth = minor third). Made famous by Jimi Hendrix in "Purple Haze". A staple of blues-rock and funk.

Ukulele

Strings 1–2–3–2

How to play the E7#9 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 1–2–3–2 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 3 · little finger

1st string (A) Fret 2 · ring finger