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F#7b9#5 Ukulele Chord

An intensely tense altered chord combining an augmented fifth with a flat ninth. Used in jazz for dramatic resolution, typically to a minor chord a fourth up.

Ukulele

Strings 0–2–0–1

How to play the F#7b9#5 chord on ukulele

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

Notation for F#7b9#5 chord

Other names: F# 7th flat 9 sharp 5, F# 7b9#5

Music theory name: seventh flat nine augmented fifth chord

Common name: F# 7b9#5 chord

Intervals and tones in F#7b9#5 chord

Note Interval
F# Root
B Major 3rd
D Augmented 5th
E Minor 7th
G Minor 9th

All Variations

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

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The same chord type in other keys