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F9b5 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 2–3–3–2

How to play the F9b5 chord on ukulele

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

Notation for F9b5 chord

Other names: F 9th flat 5

Music theory name: ninth flat five chord

Common name: F 9b5 chord

Intervals and tones in F9b5 chord

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

All Variations

Open
2–3–3–2
Fret 4
4–7–5–6
Fret 7
8–9–7–10
Fret 11
12–11–11–12

Songs using F9b5