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F13b5b9 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 4–3–2–5

How to play the F13b5b9 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 4–3–2–5 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 4 · ring finger
3rd string (C) Fret 3 · middle finger
2nd string (E) Fret 2 · index finger
1st string (A) Fret 5 · pinky

Other names for the F13b5b9 chord

Other names: F 13th flat 5 flat 9

Music theory name: thirteenth flat five flat nine chord

Common name: F 13b5b9 chord

Notes and intervals in the F13b5b9 chord

Note Interval
F Root
A Major 3rd
Cb Diminished 5th
Eb Minor 7th
Gb Minor 9th
Bb Perfect 11th
D Major 13th

All variations

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

More chords with F as the root

The same chord type in other keys