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F#13b5b9 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 0–3–0–3

How to play the F#13b5b9 chord on ukulele

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

Notation for F#13b5b9 chord

Other names: F# 13th flat 5 flat 9

Music theory name: thirteenth flat five flat nine chord

Common name: F# 13b5b9 chord

Intervals and tones in F#13b5b9 chord

Note Interval
F# Root
B Major 3rd
C Diminished 5th
E Minor 7th
G Minor 9th
H Perfect 11th
Eb Major 13th

All Variations

Open
0–3–0–3
Fret 3
5–4–3–6
Fret 6
9–7–8–6
Fret 7
8–7–8–7

More chords with F# as the root

The same chord type in other keys