Cm7♭9 5-string bass chord

How to play Cm7♭9 on 5-string bass

The most common way, the first shape above: your ring finger on the E string at the 20th fret, your index finger on the A string at the 18th fret, your little finger on the D string at the 20th fret and your middle finger on the G string at the 18th fret. Don’t play the B string.

From the B string x 20 18 20 18 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in Cm7♭9?

Cm7♭9, C minor seventh flat nine, is C, E♭, G, B♭ and D♭: the root (C), the minor third (E♭), the perfect fifth (G), the minor seventh (B♭) and the flat ninth (D♭). Its formula is 1 ♭3 5 ♭7 ♭9.