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H7b5 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 2–3–1–2

How to play the H7b5 chord on ukulele

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

Notation for H7b5 chord

Other names: H 7th flat 5

Music theory name: seventh flat five chord

Common name: H 7b5 chord

Intervals and tones in H7b5 chord

Note Interval
H Root
Eb Major 3rd
F Diminished 5th
A Minor 7th

All Variations

Open
2–3–1–2
Fret 4
4–5–5–6
Fret 7
8–9–7–8
Fret 10
10–11–11–12

More chords with H as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using H7b5

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