E7♭9 5-string bass chord

How to play E7♭9 on 5-string bass

The most common way, the first shape above: your ring finger on the E string at the 12th fret, your middle finger on the A string at the 11th fret, your little finger on the D string at the 12th fret and your index finger on the G string at the 10th fret. Don’t play the B string.

From the B string x 12 11 12 10 (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in E7♭9?

E7♭9, E dominant seventh flat nine, is E, G♯, B, D and F: the root (E), the major third (G♯), the perfect fifth (B), the minor seventh (D) and the flat ninth (F). Its formula is 1 3 5 ♭7 ♭9.