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F#7b5 Ukulele Chord

A tense jazz chord with a tritone replacing the perfect fifth. Often serves as a tritone substitution in jazz progressions — replacing the classic dominant seventh chord.

Ukulele

Strings 3–4–2–3

How to play the F#7b5 chord on ukulele

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

Notation for F#7b5 chord

Other names: F# 7th flat 5

Music theory name: seventh flat five chord

Common name: F# 7b5 chord

Intervals and tones in F#7b5 chord

Note Interval
F# Root
B Major 3rd
C Diminished 5th
E Minor 7th

All Variations

Open
3–4–2–3
Fret 5
5–6–6–7
Fret 8
9–10–8–9
Fret 11
11–12–12–13

Songs using F#7b5