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G7b9#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 1–3–1–2

How to play the G7b9#5 chord on ukulele

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

Notation for G7b9#5 chord

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

Music theory name: seventh flat nine augmented fifth chord

Common name: G 7b9#5 chord

Intervals and tones in G7b9#5 chord

Note Interval
G Root
H Major 3rd
Eb Augmented 5th
F Minor 7th
Ab Minor 9th

All Variations

Open
1–3–1–2
Fret 4
4–5–4–6
Fret 7
8–8–7–8
Fret 10
10–11–11–11

More chords with G as the root

The same chord type in other keys