B7♭9 5-string bass chord

How to play B7♭9 on 5-string bass

The most common way, the first shape above: your ring finger on the E string at the 7th fret, your middle finger on the A string at the 6th fret, your little finger on the D string at the 7th fret and your index finger on the G string at the 5th fret. Don’t play the B string.

From the B string x 7 6 7 5 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in B7♭9?

B7♭9, B dominant seventh flat nine, is B, D♯, F♯, A and C: the root (B), the major third (D♯), the perfect fifth (F♯), the minor seventh (A) and the flat ninth (C). Its formula is 1 3 5 ♭7 ♭9.