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Eb9b5 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 0–1–1–0

How to play the Eb9b5 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 0–1–1–0 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) Play open
3rd string (C) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (E) Fret 1 · middle finger
1st string (A) Play open

Notation for Eb9b5 chord

Other names: Eb 9th flat 5

Music theory name: ninth flat five chord

Common name: Eb 9b5 chord

Intervals and tones in Eb9b5 chord

Note Interval
Eb Root
G Major 3rd
A Diminished 5th
C# Minor 7th
F Major 9th

All Variations

Open
0–1–1–0
Fret 2
2–5–3–4
Fret 5
6–7–5–8
Fret 9
10–9–9–10

More chords with Eb as the root

The same chord type in other keys