F7♭9 5-string bass chord

How to play F7♭9 on 5-string bass

The most common way, the first shape above: your ring finger on the B string at the 6th fret, your middle finger on the E string at the 5th fret, your little finger on the A string at the 6th fret and your index finger on the D string at the 4th fret. Don’t play the G string.

From the B string 6 5 6 4 x (x: not played, 0: open)

What notes are in F7♭9?

F7♭9, F dominant seventh flat nine, is F, A, C, E♭ and G♭: the root (F), the major third (A), the perfect fifth (C), the minor seventh (E♭) and the flat ninth (G♭). Its formula is 1 3 5 ♭7 ♭9.