Fmaj7♭5 5-string bass chord

How to play Fmaj7♭5 on 5-string bass

The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the E string at the 1st fret, your ring finger on the A string at the 2nd fret, your ring finger on the D string at the 2nd fret and your ring finger on the G string at the 2nd fret. Don’t play the B string.

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

What notes are in Fmaj7♭5?

Fmaj7♭5, F major seventh flat five, is F, A, C♭ and E: the root (F), the major third (A), the diminished fifth (C♭) and the major seventh (E). Its formula is 1 3 ♭5 7.