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F#9b5 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 1–0–0–1

How to play the F#9b5 chord on ukulele

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

Notation for F#9b5 chord

Other names: F# 9th flat 5

Music theory name: ninth flat five chord

Common name: F# 9b5 chord

Intervals and tones in F#9b5 chord

Note Interval
F# Root
B Major 3rd
C Diminished 5th
E Minor 7th
Ab Major 9th

All Variations

Open
1–0–0–1
Open
3–4–4–3
Fret 5
5–8–6–7
Fret 8
9–10–8–11

More chords with F# as the root

The same chord type in other keys