Dm9♭5 5-string bass chord

How to play Dm9♭5 on 5-string bass

The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the four strings from the E to the G at the 1st fret, your ring finger on the B string at the 3rd fret, your little finger on the A string at the 3rd fret and your middle finger on the D string at the 2nd fret.

From the B string 3 1 3 2 1 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in Dm9♭5?

Dm9♭5, D half-diminished ninth, is D, F, A♭, C and E: the root (D), the minor third (F), the diminished fifth (A♭), the minor seventh (C) and the ninth (E). Its formula is 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭7 9.