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E9b5 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 1–2–2–1

How to play the E9b5 chord on ukulele

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

Other names for the E9b5 chord

Other names: E 9th flat 5

Music theory name: ninth flat five chord

Common name: E 9b5 chord

Notes and intervals in the E9b5 chord

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

All variations

Open
1–2–2–1
Fret 3
3–6–4–5
Fret 6
7–8–6–9
Fret 10
11–10–10–11

More chords with E as the root

The same chord type in other keys